A qualitative analysis of acute skin toxicity among breast cancer radiotherapy patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-268

  Schnur, Julie B ^a   Ouellette, Suzanne C ^b   Dilorenzo, Terry A ^c   Green, Sheryl ^a   Montgomery, Guy H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; oncology; qualitative; radiodermatitis; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF MEDICATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; SUMMER; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN;

EID: 79951921341     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1734     Document Type: Article

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