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An increase in Fusobacterium is associated with the severity of oral mucositis after radiotherapy [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Radiotherapy is a common treatment for head and neck cancer but often causes oral mucositis, which reduces quality of life. Recent studies suggest that radiotherapy affects the oral microbiota, but whether it contributes to the severity of mucositis has ...
Atsushi Ue, Yukihisa Tamaki, Haruki Usuda, Unta Yamamori, Hiroshi Burioka, Natsuko Nagano, Masafumi Uno, Yoko Sonoyama, Takayuki Okamoto, Koichiro Wada   +9 more
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Research progress on biomarkers related to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis

口腔疾病防治, 2021
Radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis is a common oral complication in tumor patients undergoing radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, which seriously compromises patients’ quality of life and even affects anti-tumor treatment.
LING Yunxiao, WANG Jiantao, WANG Yan
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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, Takao Ueno, Yoshihiko Soga, Hiroto Ishiki, Yasuhito Uezono, Takehiko Mori, Sadamoto Zenda, Yosuke Uchitomi   +7 more
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Risk factors for severe radiation-induced oral mucositis in patients with oral cancer

Journal of Dental Sciences, 2021
Background/purpose: Radiotherapy for head and neck cancer often causes severe oral mucositis. The purpose of this retrospective study was to further examine the risk factors for developing severe oral mucositis in patients with oral cancer undergoing ...
Sakiko Soutome, Souichi Yanamoto, Mika Nishii, Yuka Kojima, Takumi Hasegawa, Madoka Funahara, Masaya Akashi, Toshiyuki Saito, Masahiro Umeda   +8 more
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Predicting Nomogram for Severe Oral Mucositis in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma during Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Current Oncology, 2022
Background: Oral mucositis is an acute adverse reaction with high incidence during radiotherapy. Severe oral mucositis can seriously affect patients’ quality of life and compliance with radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors
Zhibing Liu, Lulu Huang, Housheng Wang, Zhiling Shi, Yaqin Huang, Lixing Liang, Rensheng Wang, Kai Hu   +7 more
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Post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial comparing concurrent chemoradiation with cisplatin versus nimotuzumab-cisplatin, focusing on acute oral mucositis

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, Vijay M. Patil, Gunjesh Kumar Singh, Amit Joshi, Nandini Menon, Sarbani Ghosh Lashkar, Vijayalakshmi Mathrudev, Kavita Nawale Satam, Kumar Prabhash   +8 more
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Efficacy of Oral Cryotherapy in the Prevention of Oral Mucositis Associated with Cancer Chemotherapy: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

Current Oncology, 2021
Background: This review aimed to evaluate the efficacy of oral cryotherapy in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis using meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis, as well as to assess the quality of the results by the Grading of ...
Ali Hatem Manfi Al-Rudayni, Divya Gopinath, Mari Kannan Maharajan, Sajesh Kalkandi Veettil, Rohit Kunnath Menon   +4 more
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Alteration of the redox state with reactive oxygen species for 5-fluorouracil-induced oral mucositis in hamsters. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Oral mucositis is often induced in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy treatment. It has been reported that oral mucositis can reduce quality of life, as well as increasing the incidence of mortality. The participation of reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Fumihiko Yoshino, Ayaka Yoshida, Atsushi Nakajima, Satoko Wada-Takahashi, Shun-suke Takahashi, Masaichi Chang-il Lee   +5 more
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Management of oral mucositis caused by radiotherapy – A comprehensive review

SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences, 2022
Oral cancer is the malignant neoplasm involving the oral cavity. The treatment of oral cancer is surgery, radiotherapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy. Oral mucositis is the most common side effect when radiotherapy treatment for oral cancer is indicated ...
Manisha Singh, Anjana Bagewadi
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Research progress on animal models of oral mucositis caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy

口腔疾病防治, 2020
Inflammation of the oral mucosa induced by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy may cause pain, difficulty speaking and swallowing, an increased risk of local and systemic infections, and even interrupt cancer treatment, which can seriously affect a patient ...
ZOU Xiaolong, CHEN Yuan, WANG Yan, WANG Jiantao   +3 more
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