The effectiveness of rebamipide mouthwash therapy for radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy-induced oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Oral mucositis is a frequent and severe adverse event in patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancers, especially grade 3 or 4 mucositis. Occurrence may result in drop-out from treatment, thereby reducing survival. We aimed to clarify the effectiveness and safety of re...

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Autores principales: Akagi, Shinsuke, Fujiwara, Takashi, Nishida, Mai, Okuda, Akiko, Nagao, Yuka, Okuda, Toshikatsu, Tokuda, Hidenori, Takayanagi, Kazunobu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40780-019-0146-2

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