Elemental diet plus glutamine for the prevention of mucositis in esophageal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a feasibility study

PURPOSE: We investigated the effect of glutamine (Gln) and an elemental diet (ED) on chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in esophageal cancer patients. METHODS: Thirty patients were randomized to the control group (no treatment: n = 10), Gln group (oral intake of 8910 mg Gln/day: n = 10), or Gln plu...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Yoshihiro, Takahashi, Takao, Yamaguchi, Kazuya, Osada, Shinji, Shimokawa, Toshio, Yoshida, Kazuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26266659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2864-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26266659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2864-9

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