Oral complications in Chinese cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-55

  Chan, Carmen W H ^a   Chang, Anne M ^b   Molassiotis, Alex ^c   Lee, Idy Y M ^d   Lee, Gladys C T ^a,e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Chinese patients; Mucositis; Oral symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZYDAMINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; NYSTATIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTHWASH; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHINA; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; STOMATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHINA; DIET; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTHWASHES; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0037854689     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0413-9     Document Type: Article

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