The Relationship between Factors that Impair Wound Healing and the Severity of Acute Radiation Skin and Mucosal Toxicities in Head and Neck Cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Porock, Davina ^a   Nikoletti, Suzanne ^b   Cameron, Fiona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Mucosal reaction; Radiation therapy; Skin reaction; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH LESION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0742304566     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200401000-00009     Document Type: Article

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