Preliminary investigation of symptom distress in the head and neck patient population: Validation of a measurement instrument

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-162

  Jones, Heather A ^a   Hershock, Diane ^a   Machtay, Mitchell ^a   Chalian, Ara A ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a,b   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   Schumacher, Karen ^a   Kligerman, Morton M ^a   Berlin, Jessie A ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Head and neck cancer; Symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NAUSEA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TOXICITY; SMELLING DISORDER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; AGED; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645762347     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000207424.62275.9d     Document Type: Article

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