Chemosensory Changes Experienced by Patients Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy: A Qualitative Interview Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-412

  Bernhardson, Britt Marie ^a   Tishelman, Carol ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^a  

^a Department of Oncology Pathology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; nutrition; olfactory disorders; smell; taste disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINATE CALCIUM; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; IRINOTECAN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NAUSEA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATIETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMELLING; TASTE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SMELL; SWEDEN; TASTE;

EID: 34648817594     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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