A Dermatitis Control Program (DeCoP) for head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: A prospective phase II study

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 350-355

  Zenda, Sadamoto ^a,b   Ishi, Shinobu ^a   Kawashima, Mitsuhiko ^a   Arahira, Satoko ^a   Tahara, Makoto ^a   Hayashi, Ryuichi ^a   Kishimoto, Seiji ^b   Ichihashi, Tomiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer nursing; Dermatitis; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GIMERACIL PLUS OTERACIL POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS CONTROL PROGRAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SICKNESS; SKIN CARE; SKIN WASHING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING ENVIRONMENT MOISTENING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIODERMATITIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84880918432     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-012-0385-9     Document Type: Article

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