Have men been overlooked? A comparison of young men and women's experiences of chemotherapy-induced alopecia

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 577-583

  Hilton, Shona ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a,b   Emslie, Carol ^a   Salinas, Maria ^c   Ziebland, Sue ^b,c  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Gender; Hair loss; Patient experience

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 48249107086     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1272     Document Type: Article

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