Radiotherapy mucositis in head and neck cancer: prevention by low-energy surface laser.

Vincent BourbonneJoelle OtzRené-Jean BensadounGurvan DissauxFrancois LuciaJean-Christophe LeclereOlivier PradierUlrike Schick

Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2019)

Despite a substantial dose to the oral mucosa, the rate of acute radiation-induced mucositis of grade ≥3 remains low in patients receiving extraoral low-energy laser during RT.

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