NO SToPS: Reducing treatment breaks during chemoradiation for head and neck cancer

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 585-593

  Lambertz, Colleen K ^a   Gruell, Jacque ^a   Robenstein, Valerie ^a   Mueller Funaiole, Vicki ^a   Cummings, Karrie ^a   Knapp, Vaughn ^a  

^a St Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MOUTH HYGIENE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PATIENT CARE; SKIN CARE; XEROSTOMIA;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MUCOSITIS; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN CARE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 79952200391     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.CJON.585-593     Document Type: Article

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