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Evaluation of the Effect of Low Level Laser on Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis

Acta Medica Iranica, 2013
Radiotherapy in the head and neck region and chemotherapy might give rise to oral mucositis which is a severe and painful inflammation. There is no known definite cure for mucositis.
Farshid Arbabi-Kalati, Fatemeh Arbabi-Kalati, Tahora Moridi   +2 more
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Supportive Care Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Validation of the Dutch Version of the Oral Mucositis Weekly Questionnaire—Head and Neck Cancer

B-ENT, 2022
Objective: Oral mucositis is one of the most profound toxicities during (chemo)radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, impacting a patient’s quality of life.
Margot Baudelet, Leen Van den Steen, Sophie Wouters, Marc De Bodt, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Fréderic Duprez, Gwen Van Nuffelen   +6 more
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Oral Radiation Mucositis: A Short Review

, 2011
Oral radiation mucositis is one of the debilitating and dose-limiting acute toxicity during (chemo) radiation or for HNC having a major impact on the patient daily functioning, well-being and quality of life.
Jai Prakash Agarwal, Rahul Krishnatry, Tejpal Gupta, Ankita A Nachankar   +3 more
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Effect of Oral Zinc Sulphate in Preventionof Radiation Induced OropharyngealMucositis During and After Radiotherapyin Patients with Head and Neck Cancers

Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2010
Introduction:Mucositis is a disturbing side effect of radiotherapy treatment forhead and neck cancer. To date, no effective modality for its prophylaxis and treatmenthas been found. We performed this study to evaluate the efficacy of oral zincsulphate in
Mohammad Mohammadianpanah, Shapour Omidvari, Mohammad Amin Mosleh-Shirazi, Mansour Ansari, Niloofar Ahmadloo, Hamid Nasrolahi, Ahmad Mosalaei, Amin Shafizad   +7 more
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Microbiota and their role in the pathogenesis of oral mucositis

, 2015
Oral mucositis in patients undergoing cancer therapy is a significant problem. Its prevalence ranges between 20 and 100%, depending on treatment type and protocols and patient-based variables.
B Vanhoecke, Keefe, D., Vanhoecke, Barbara, De Ryck, Tine, T De Ryck, Stringer, A., T Van de Wiele, Van de Wiele, Tom, Keefe, D, Vanhoecke, B., A Stringer, Van de Wiele, T., Stringer, A, De Ryck, T., D Keefe   +14 more
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Hepcidin promotes oral ulcer healing via amphiregulin production in rats

Journal of Dental Sciences
Background/purpose: Hepcidin is an antimicrobial peptide that regulates iron metabolism. Recently, hepcidin was reported to promote wound healing. However, the mechanism underlying hepcidin signaling in the oral mucosa remains unclear.
Naoto Taguchi, Suzuro Hitomi, Hitoshi Sato, Yoshinori Hayashi, Ikuko Shibuta, Koichi Iwata, Tatsuo Shirota, Masamichi Shinoda   +7 more
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Efficacy of Episil® in patients with hematologic malignancies: a comparative study

BMC Oral Health
Background Episil® is a nonabsorbable liquid medical material used to coat and protect the mucosa in patients with oral mucositis. A few studies have reported its efficacy in patients with head and neck cancer.
Taeko Fukutani, Yukio Yoshioka, Shinpei Imori, Hirokazu Yanagihara, Kensaku Sumi, Yoshinari Myoken, Yoshinori Fujita, Souichi Yanamoto   +7 more
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Outcomes sensitive to nursing service quality in ambulatory cancer chemotherapy: systematic scoping review

, 2012
Background: there is long standing interest in identifying patient outcomes that are sensitive to nursing care and an increasing number of systems that include outcomes in order to demonstrate or monitor the quality of nursing care.Objective: we ...
Alison Richardson, Peter Griffiths, Blackwell, Rebecca, Rebecca Blackwell, Richardson, Alison, Griffiths, Peter   +5 more
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Improved gut microbiota by selenium-enriched Bifidobacterium longum DD98 alleviates chemotherapy-induced intestinal mucositis via inhibiting the STING pathway

npj Science of Food
Intestinal 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, Chen Ye, Qiao Li, Ling-Chen Jiang, Can-Can Zhou, Hui Fu, Dong-Jie Li, Daijie Chen, Fu-Ming Shen   +8 more
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Palifermin as treatment in dose-intense conventional polychemotherapy induced mucositis

Haematologica, 2006
Polychemotherapy or radiation frequently causes oral mucositis. Until now, only supportive options are available. Palifermin, a recombinant form of the human keratinocyte growth factor can avoid mucositis in patients treated with myeloablative ...
AJ Hueber, J Leipe, W Roesler, Kalden, S Kallert, J Rech   +5 more
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