Mucositis guidelines: what have they achieved, and where to from here?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Systematic review of basic oral care for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013
   Pooled it
2. Systematic review of laser and other light therapy for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013
   Pooled it
3. The effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone-sodium hyaluronate gel (Gelclair) on oral microbial colonization and pain control compared with other rinsing solutions in patients with oral mucositis after allogeneic stem cells transplantation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2011
   Trial
4. Therapeutic Effect of Ecdysterone Combine Paeonol Oral Cavity Direct Administered on Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis in Rats.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
   Article
5. Chimonanthus nitens var. salicifolius Aqueous Extract Protects against 5-Fluorouracil Induced Gastrointestinal Mucositis in a Mouse Model.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013
   Article
6. Oral cavity care in patients after high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation: the East Forum EBMT Nurses Group standard of care.Bone marrow transplantation · 2012
   Article

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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