Oral Intake of ginger for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among women with breast cancer

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages E92-E97

  Arslan, Müzeyyen ^a   Ozdemir, Leyla ^b  

^a TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Ginger; Nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

ANTHRACYCLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GINGER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; VOMITING;

EID: 84942845419     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.E92-E97     Document Type: Article

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