Interventions for treating oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment [PDF]
, 2001 Background Treatment of cancer is increasingly effective but is associated with short and long term side effects. Oral and gastrointestinal side effects, including oral candidiasis, remain a major source of illness despite the use of a variety of agents ...
Helen V Worthington +2 more
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NASA Light-Emitting Diodes for the Prevention of Oral Mucositis in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients [PDF]
, 2002 Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of prophylactic near-infrared light therapy from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in pediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients.
Harry T. Whelan +10 more
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Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment [PDF]
, 2003 Background: Treatment of cancer with chemotherapy is becoming increasingly more effective but is associated with short and long-term side effects. Oral side effects remain a major source of illness despite the use of a variety of agents to prevent them ...
Jan Clarkson +2 more
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Improved gut microbiota by selenium-enriched Bifidobacterium longum DD98 alleviates chemotherapy-induced intestinal mucositis via inhibiting the STING pathway [PDF]
npj Science of FoodIntestinal mucositis, a common chemotherapy side effect, lacks effective treatments. This study evaluated the protective effect of selenium-enriched Bifidobacterium longum DD98 (SeDD98) on irinotecan-induced intestinal mucositis.
Yu-Shuang Qiu +8 more
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The role of Toll-like receptors in chemoradiotherapy-induced gastrointestinal mucositis
口腔疾病防治, 2021 Mucositis is a common gastrointestinal complication in cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy, including oral mucositis and gastrointestinal mucositis, with clinical manifestations of oral ulcers, vomiting, diarrhea and pain that seriously reduce ...
JI Ling +3 more
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How can eHealth enhance adherence to cancer therapy and supportive care? [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2016 eHealth is currently a hot topic, but is certainly not a new one. The use of communications technology to relay health-related information or provide medical services has been around since the advent of this technology.
Bateman Emma H., Keefe Dorothy M.K.
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Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, 2021 Background Acute oral mucositis has been infrequently studied in the patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) receiving once-weekly cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy (CRT).
Vanita Noronha +8 more
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Elimination of unplanned treatment breaks and dose reductions caused by mucositis: Positive implications for survival outcomes and cost reductions using high potency polymerized cross-linked sucralfate in 55 patients undergoing radiation for head and neck cancer with and without chemotherapy [PDF]
Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017 Purpose Annually 27,855 patients in Korea develop treatment-induced mucositis nearly doubling the cost of cancer care. It is an emergency medical condition causing unplanned treatment breaks in 4,998 patients.
Ricky Wayne McCullough
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J‐SUPPORT research policy for oral mucositis associated with cancer treatment
Cancer Medicine, 2022 Background Oral mucositis is one of the main areas of research in supportive and palliative care of cancer patients. However, the methodology of prospective clinical trials on oral mucositis has not been established, despite its uniqueness.
Tomoya Yokota +7 more
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Probiotics for the Management of Oral Mucositis: An Interpretive Review of Current Evidence [PDF]
Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2023 Mucositis is one of the major side effects of anti-cancer therapies. Mucositis may lead to other abnormalities such as depression, infection, and pain, especially in young patients.
Maryam Fallah +3 more
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