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Review: various interventions prevent or reduce oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.1.13

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    Worthington HV, Clarkson JE, Eden OB. Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006;(2):CD000978.

    Q Are prophylactic interventions effective for oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy?

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    Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Cochrane Oral Health Group Trials register, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and 4 other databases (most recent search April 2004), and bibliographies of relevant studies.

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    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared prophylactic drugs with other treatments, placebo, or no treatment in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Studies with a primary outcome of survival or cure …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Professor H Worthington, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. helen.worthington{at}manchester.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.