Open AccessChallenges faced by patients undergoing radiotherapy for oral cancer: A qualitative study
Author(s) -
Suvi Kanchan,
K Pushpanjali,
B H Tejaswini
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_40_19
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , qualitative research , competence (human resources) , affect (linguistics) , interpretative phenomenological analysis , family medicine , nursing , surgery , psychology , social psychology , social science , communication , sociology
Oral cancer is one of the most common types of cancers in India. Radiotherapy is one of the treatment options frequently resulting in complications. These complications affect the patient's quality of life, nutritional intake, and consequently undermine the treatment outcomes. Patients' verbal accounts of experiences regarding their overall oral health during radiotherapy have not been described sufficiently.