Trolamine emulsion for the prevention of radiation dermatitis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-190

  Abbas, Hamza ^a   Bensadoun, René Jean ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiation dermatitis; Trolamine

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMULSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING HABIT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EGYPT; EMULSIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83555172546     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1110-3     Document Type: Article

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