Hypnosis for Postradiation Xerostomia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Schiff, Elad ^a,b   Mogilner, Jorge G ^c   Sella, Eyal ^d   Doweck, Ilana ^d   Hershko, Oded ^e   Ben Arye, Eran ^c,f   Yarom, Noam ^g  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^g SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

dry mouth; hypnosis; radiation; salivation; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPACT DISK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MOUTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVATION; SIALOMETRY; SYMPTOM; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 66349125887     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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