Prevalence of oral mucositis, dry mouth, and dysphagia in advanced cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3249-3255

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a   Aielli, Federica ^b,c   Adile, Claudio ^a   Ferrera, Patrizia ^a   Valle, Alessandro ^d   Fusco, Flavio ^e   Caruselli, Amanda ^a,f   Cartoni, Claudio ^g   Massimo, Pizzuto ^h   Masedu, Francesco ^b   Valenti, Marco ^b   Porzio, Giampiero ^b,c  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c L Aquila per la Vita Home Care Unit   (Italy)

^d FARO Foundation   (Italy)

^e Asp 6   (Italy)

^f SAMO   (Italy)

^g POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^h PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Dry mouth; Dysphagia; Mucositis; Oral symptoms; Palliative care; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; XEROSTOMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STOMATITIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSITIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMATITIS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84942502692     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2720-y     Document Type: Article

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