Current practice and knowledge of oral care for cancer patients: A survey of supportive health care providers

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-41

  Barker, Gerry J ^a   Epstein, Joel B ^b   Williams, Karen B ^a   Gorsky, Meir ^c   Raber Durlacher, Judith E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oral care in cancer; Oral complications; Oral mucositis; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARE; HEAD CANCER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NECK CANCER; NEUTROPENIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 13244253894     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0691-5     Document Type: Review

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