The experience of chemotherapy-induced alopecia for Australian women with ovarian cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 503-512

  Jayde, V ^a   Boughton, M ^a   Blomfield, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Body image; Chemotherapy; Female cancers; Ovarian cancer; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84879500864     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12056     Document Type: Article

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