Medical marijuana use in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with radiotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3517-3524

  Elliott, David A ^a   Nabavizadeh, Nima ^a   Romer, Jeanna L ^a   Chen, Yiyi ^a   Holland, John M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Medical cannabis and medical marijuana; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANNABIS SMOKING; CANNABIS USE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VAPORIZATION; XEROSTOMIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84961843125     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3180-8     Document Type: Article

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