Patients' experiences of chemotherapy: Side-effects associated with 5-fluorouracil + folinic acid in the treatment of colorectal cancer

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-379

  Sitzia, John ^a  

^a WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Chemotherapy toxicity; Clinical assessment; Colorectal cancer; Diarrhoea; Fatigue; Stomatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIARRHEA; DRUG COMBINATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH ULCER; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANTIDOTES; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIARRHEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; ORAL ULCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0032107565     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1998.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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