Mouth care for nasopharyngeal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

European Journal of Cancer Part B: Oral Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-41

  Shieh, S H ^b   Wang, S T ^b   Tsai, S T ^b   Tseng, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal cancer; Radiotherapy; Stomatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORAL HYGIENE; RADIATION INJURIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0002732781     PISSN: 09641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-1955(96)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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