Post-treatment skin reactions reported by cancer patients differ by race, not by treatment or expectations

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-21

  Ryan, J L ^a,d   Bole, C ^a   Hickok, J T ^a   Figueroa Moseley, C ^a   Colman, L ^b   Khanna, R C ^c   Pentland, A P ^a   Morrow, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Northwest Comm Clin Oncol Program   (United States)

^c Department of Hematology Oncology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Race; Self report; Skin reactions; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34347333553     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603842     Document Type: Article

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