Carlton G. Brown

Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
361 McDowell Hall
302-831-8196
cgb@udel.edu

Education

• PhD, University of Utah, Cancer Nursing Research, 2007.
• MSN, University of Pennsylvania, Oncology Advanced Practice (NP/CNS) Program, 2000
• BSN, University of Louisville, 1992

Certification

• Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN)

Funded Research

• Oral Mucositis, Cancer Symptom Clusters, Army Nurse Corps Retention, Qualitative Methods, Visual Graphical Analysis.

Recent Research Activities

• The Effect of an Oral Care Protocol on Oral Mucositis in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy, University of Delaware Research Foundation, 2009-2010.
• The Lived Experience of Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation, ONS Small Grant, 2008-2010.
• Increasing Testicular Self-Examination in Active Duty Soldiers: An Intervention Study. Triservice Nursing Research Grant MDA 905-01-1-TS11 (N01-P11), Completed May 2005.

Publications

• Brown, C.G., Patrician, P. A., & Brosch, L. R. (2011). Increasing testicular self
  examination in active duty soldiers: An intervention study. Med-Surg Nursing (In
  Press).
• Brown, C.G., Miller-Murphy, C., Norton, V. Baldwin, P. & Ponto, J. (2010). The value of oncology nursing certification. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14(6), E63-69.
• Jensen, S.B., Pedersen A.M.L., Vissink A, Andersen E, Brown C.G., et. al. (2010). A systematic review of salivary gland and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies: incidence, severity and impact on quality of life. Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer, Online- 17 March 2010.
• Jensen, S.B., Pedersen A.M.L., Vissink A, Andersen E, Brown C.G., et. al. (2010). A systematic review of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies: management strategies and economic impact. Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer, Online- 25 March 2010.
• Brown, C.G., McGuire, D., Peterson, D., Beck, S., Dudley, W.& Mooney, K.
  (2009). The experience of a sore mouth and associated symptoms in patients
  with cancer receiving outpatient chemotherapy. Cancer Nursing, 32(4): 259-270.
• Visco, A., Meyer, L., & Brown, C.G. (2009). One disease, two lives: Exploring
  the treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy. Clinical Journal of Oncology
  Nursing, 13(4):426-432.
• Brown, C.G., Beck, S.L., Peterson, D.E., Dudley, W., Mooney, K. (2009).
  Patterns of sore mouth in outpatients with cancer receiving chemotherapy,
  Supportive Care in Cancer, 17(4): 413-428.
• Brown, C.G., McGuire, D.B, Peterson, D.E., Beck, S.L. & Mooney, K. (2008).
  Visual Graphical Analysis: A Technique to Investigate Symptom Trajectories over
  Time. Nursing Research, 56(3): 195-201.

Textbooks

• Brown, C.G. (Editor) (To be published in early 2011). A Patient’s Guide to Oncology Symptom Management. Oncology Nursing Society Publishing, Pittsburgh, PA.

• Brown, C.G. (Editor) (2010). A Guide to Oncology Symptom Management.
  Oncology Nursing Society Publishing, Pittsburgh, PA.

   

Recent Presentations

• The Lived Experience of Oral Mucositis and Dysphagia in Patients Receiving
  Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer (2011). Oncology Nursing Society
  Research Conference, Los Angeles, California, Podium (Refereed).

• Oral Mucositis: A State of the Science Approach to a Debilitating Symptom
  (2010). Oncology Nursing Society National Congress, San Diego, CA. Podium
  (Refereed).

• The Symptom Experience of a Patient Treated for Cancer (2010). Poster
  Presentation, European Oncology Nursing Society Annual Meeting, The Hague-
  Netherlands. Poster (Refereed).

• One disease, two lives: Exploring the treatment of breast cancer during
  pregnancy. (2009). ONS National Congress, San Antonio, TX, Poster (Refereed).

Other

• President, Oncology Nursing Society
• President, Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, 2007-2008
• Retired Army Nurse Corps Officer
• Faculty Advisor, Lori’s Hands