Effects of oral supplementation in the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Amanda Gomes de MenêsesAna Gabriela Costa NormandoIsabela Porto de ToledoPaula Elaine Diniz ReisEliete Neves da Silva Guerra

Published in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2019)

Zinc is a promising strategy in the management of oral mucositis since it delayed the occurrence and reduced its severity. Glutamine and Elental, on the other hand, had no strong evidence in the prevention and/or treatment of oral mucositis in patients with cancer.

Keyphrases

radiation induced
risk assessment
radiation therapy
combination therapy
double blind