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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, Negin Amin, Mohammed H. Moghadasian, Sadegh Jafarnejad   +3 more
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MELATONIN IN REDUCING PAIN RESULTING FROM RADIATION INDUCED ORAL MUCOSITIS: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL [PDF]

Alexandria Dental Journal, 2021
BACKGROUND: Oral mucositis is a common side effect of anticancer radiotherapy causing severe ulceration of the mucosal tissues. Recently, melatonin supplements have been proposed as a new therapeutic modality for oral mucositis due to its antioxidant ...
Rasha Elsaka, Sabah Mahmoud, Hossam Elsabbagh, Eglal Moussa   +3 more
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Mucosal Chemokines [PDF]

Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 2017
Several chemokines have important functions in mucosal immunity. While there are many chemokines, 4 of them (CCL25, CCL28, CXCL14, and CXCL17) are especially important in mucosal immunity because they are homeostatically expressed in mucosal tissues. Of these, only CCL25 and CCL28 have been widely recognized as mucosal chemokines.
Hernández-Ruiz, Marcela, Zlotnik, Albert   +1 more
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Incident of Mucositis and The Factors that Influence it on Children with Cancer Who Received Chemotherapy

Jurnal Keperawatan, 2020
Chemotherapy shows high effectiveness, but also has side effects, including mucositis. Mucositis can cause pain, difficulty sleeping, eating disorders, mood, and activity, which has implications for the quality of life of children.
Sri Hendrawati, Ikeu Nurhidayah, Henny Suzana Mediani, Ai Mardhiyah   +3 more
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Association of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with severe radiation-induced mucositis in pharyngeal or laryngeal cancer patients: a retrospective study

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a marker of systemic inflammation that informs clinical decisions regarding recurrence and overall survival in most epithelial cancers.
Yumiko Kawashita, Masayasu Kitamura, Sakiko Soutome, Takashi Ukai, Masahiro Umeda, Thoshiyuki Saito   +5 more
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Oral mucositis: the hidden side of cancer therapy

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2020
Inflammation response of epithelial mucosa to chemo- radiotherapy cytotoxic effects leads to mucositis, a painful side effect of antineoplastic treatments.
Claudio Pulito, Antonio Cristaudo, Caterina La Porta, Stefano Zapperi, Giovanni Blandino, Aldo Morrone, Sabrina Strano   +6 more
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Oral Mucositis [PDF]

, 2022
Mucositis is a generalized term used to denote either oral or gastrointestinal mucositis as a consequence of cancer therapy. This chapter will describe the epidemiology of mucositis in relation to radiation therapy for head and neck cancers, chemotherapy,
Abdalla-Aslan, Ragda, Wardill, Hannah, Elad, Sharon, Elad, S., Ragda Abdalla-Aslan, Sharon Elad, Abdalla-Aslan, R., Wardill, H., Hannah Wardill   +8 more
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Actual duration of patient-reported mucositis: Far longer than 2 to 4 weeks and may be avoidable altogether [PDF]

Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2016
The impression that oral mucositis is a brief 14–28 day-consequence of chemoradiation is misguided. Clinically significant patient-reported oral mucositis may last 46 to 102 days depending on the treatment schedule and the modality used.
Ricky Wayne McCullough
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Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment [PDF]

, 2010
Background Treatment of cancer is 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. One of these side effects is
Gemma Bryan, Clarkson, Jan E.; id_orcid, Worthington, H., Mccabe, Martin; id_orcid, Meyer, Stefan, Anne-Marie Glenny, Furness, Susan, Glenny, Anne Marie; id_orcid, Jan E Clarkson, Riley, Philip; id_orcid, Littlewood, Anne, Clarkson, J. E.; id_orcid, Bryan, G., Bryan, Gemma, McCabe, Martin G; id_orcid, Khalid, T., Anne Littlewood, Glenny, Anne-Marie, Glenny, A. M., Worthington, Helen V.; id_orcid, Worthington, Helen V, Clarkson, Janet E, Tasneem Khalid, Clarkson, Jan E., Helen V Worthington, Stefan Meyer, Philip Riley, Susan Furness, McCabe, M. G., Martin G McCabe, Clarkson, Jan E, Glenny, Anne-Marie; id_orcid, McCabe, Martin G., Glenny, Anne‐Marie, Meyer, S., McCabe, Martin G, Worthington, Helen V; id_orcid, Worthington, Helen; id_orcid, Littlewood, A., Khalid, Tasneem, Meyer, Stefan; id_orcid, Worthington, Helen V., Furness, S., Janet E Clarkson   +43 more
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Interventions for treating oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment [PDF]

, 2010
Background Treatment of cancer is increasingly effective but associated with short and long term side effects. Oral side effects, including oral mucositis (mouth ulceration), remain a major source of illness despite the use of a variety of agents to ...
Clarkson, Jan E., Clarkson, Jan E.; id_orcid, Helen V Worthington, Stefan Meyer, Susan Furness, Clarkson, Jan E, Meyer, Stefan, Furness, Susan, Jan E Clarkson, McCabe, Martin; id_orcid, Worthington, Helen; id_orcid, Martin McCabe, McCabe, Martin, Khalid, Tasneem, Meyer, Stefan; id_orcid, Worthington, Helen V., Worthington, Helen V.; id_orcid, Tasneem Khalid   +17 more
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