Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving treatment: oral cryotherapy

Oral mucositis is a side effect of chemotherapy, head and neck radiotherapy, and targeted therapy, affecting over 75% of high risk patients. Ulceration can lead to severe pain and difficulty eating and drinking, which may necessitate opioid analgesics, hospitalisation and nasogastric or intravenous...

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Published in:	Cochrane database of systematic reviews no. 12; p. CD011552
Main Authors:	Riley, Philip, Glenny, Anne-Marie, Worthington, Helen V, Littlewood, Anne, Clarkson, Jan E, McCabe, Martin G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 23.12.2015
Subjects:	Adult Antineoplastic Agents - administration & dosage Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects Cryotherapy - methods Fluorouracil - administration & dosage Fluorouracil - adverse effects Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Humans Melphalan - administration & dosage Melphalan - adverse effects Mouth Diseases - etiology Mouth Diseases - therapy Myeloablative Agonists - administration & dosage Myeloablative Agonists - adverse effects Neoplasms - therapy Pain - etiology Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Stomatitis - chemically induced Stomatitis - prevention & control
ISSN:	1469-493X
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