The effect of honey compared to conventional treatment on healing of radiotherapy-induced skin toxicity in breast cancer patients [2]

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-624

  Moolenaar, Marieke ^a,e   Louwrens Poorter, Robert ^b   Van Der Toorn, Petrus Paulus Gerardus ^c   Willem Lenderink, Albert ^a   Poortmans, Philip ^b   Cornelis Gerardus Egberts, Antonius ^a,d  

^a GGZ Midden Brabant   (Netherlands)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; HONEYSOFT; UNITULLE;

BREAST CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HONEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZATION; RANK SUM TEST; SKIN INJURY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TOXICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PARAFFIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIODERMATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33746762212     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860600781799     Document Type: Letter

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