Pruritus in cancer patients

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 305-312

  Lidstone, V ^a   Thorns, A ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Pruritus; Symptom relief; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CALAMINE; CAMPHOR; CAPSAICIN; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CROTAMITON; DOXEPIN; FENTANYL; GLYCEROL; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MENTHOL; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PAROXETINE; POLIDOCANOL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THALIDOMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0035175934     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ctrv.2001.0231     Document Type: Article

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