Can nurses manage gastrointestinal symptoms arising from pelvic radiation disease?

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 538-551

  Benton, B ^a   Norton, C ^b,c   Lindsay, J O ^d   Dolan, S ^a   Andreyev, H J N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Gastrointestinal; Late effects; Nurse; Pelvic radiation disease; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING INTERVENTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS CANCER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 80052282346     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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