Interventions for preparing patients for chemotherapy and radiotherapy: A systematic review

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2297-2308

  Waller, Amy ^a   Forshaw, Kristy ^a   Bryant, Jamie ^a   Mair, Shannon ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Neoplasm; Patient education; Preparatory information; Radiotherapy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84905117423     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2303-3     Document Type: Review

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