Cytokines levels, Severity of acute mucositis and the need of PEG tube installation during chemo-radiation for head and neck cancer - a prospective pilot study

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this pilot study was to detect a correlation between serum cytokine levels and severity of mucositis, necessitating installation of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG) in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients receiving combined chemo-radiation therapy. PATIE...

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Autores principales: Meirovitz, Amichay, Kuten, Michal, Billan, Salem, Abdah-Bortnyak, Roxolyana, Sharon, Anat, Peretz, Tamar, Sela, Mordechai, Schaffer, Moshe, Barak, Vivian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20184737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-16

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20184737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-16

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