Dental students' knowledge of characteristics and management of oral complications of cancer therapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2793-2798

  Alpöz, Esin ^a   Güneri, Pelin ^a   Epstein, Joel B ^b,c   Çankaya, Hülya ^a   Osmic, Damir ^a   Boyacıoğlu, Hayal ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Dental students; Knowledge; Oral complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PAIN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84884285721     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1856-x     Document Type: Article

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