About the Authors

Anna M. Sawka

sawkaam@yahoo.com

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David P. Goldstein

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

James D. Brierley

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Richard W. Tsang

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lorne Rotstein

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shereen Ezzat

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Freeman Centre for Endocrine Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sharon Straus

Affiliation Department of Knowledge Translation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Susan R. George

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Susan Abbey

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gary Rodin

Affiliations The Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mary Ann O'Brien

Affiliation Supportive Cancer Care Research Unit, McMaster University and Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Amiram Gafni

Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Evaluation, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lehana Thabane

Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jeannette Goguen

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Asima Naeem

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lilian Magalhaes

Affiliation School of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS DPG JDB RWT LR SE SS SG SA MAO AG LT JG LM. Performed the experiments: AS AN LM. Analyzed the data: LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Wrote the paper: AS DPG JDB RWT LR SE SS SG SA MAO AG LT JG AN LM. Contributed to data acquisition: JDB RWT LR SE SG. Revised the manuscript for critical intellectual content: JDB RWT LR SE SS SG SA GR MAO AG LT JG AN LM. Approved the final version of the manuscript: JDB RWT LR SE SS SG SA GR MAO AG LT AN LM.