SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019
Systematic review of natural and miscellaneous agents for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients and clinical practice guidelines-part 1: vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements.
Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 34 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Route of Administration Determines the Efficacy of Zinc in Preventing Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of gold nanoparticles in prevention and treatment of oral mucositis in animal models: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Patent Medicine for the Prevention and Treatment of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Prediction of mucositis risk secondary to cancer therapy: a systematic review of current evidence and call to action.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
- MASCC/ISOO clinical practice guidelines for the management of mucositis secondary to cancer therapy.Cancer · 2020Guideline
- Systematic review of natural and miscellaneous agents, for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients and clinical practice guidelines - part 2: honey, herbal compounds, saliva stimulants, probiotics, and miscellaneous agents.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
- The Efficacy and Safety of Nutritional Supplements for Cancer Supportive Care: An Umbrella Review and Hierarchical Evidence Synthesis.Integrative cancer therapiesPooled it
- Nutritional Amino Acid Supplementation Reduces Severity and Enhances Recovery of Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis: A Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Effects of L-glutamine and hyaluronic acid associated with photobiomodulation on oral mucositis: a randomized clinical trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Effects of a mucoadhesive phytomedicine (Curcuma longa L. and Bidens pilosa L.) on radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis and quality of life of patients undergoing head and neck cancer treatment: randomized clinical trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
- Prophylaxis of Oral Mucositis with Iodine Solution during Concurrent Chemoradiation of Head and Neck Cancer: Preliminary Results of a Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Trial
- Preclinical evidence of photobiomodulation and clarified açaí in submandibular gland protection during antineoplastic therapy: an experimental study.Lasers in medical science · 2026Article
- Radiomitigators: Breakthroughs in Post-Radiation Recovery.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Combination of Danggui Buxue Tang and concurrent chemoradiotherapy improves treatment outcomes by strengthening B cell immunity in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma-a double-blind, randomized trial.Translational cancer research · 2025Article
- Gold nanoparticles as innovative therapeutics for oral mucositis: A review of current evidence.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025Review
- Oral Care in Head and Neck Radiotherapy: Proposal for an Oral Hygiene Protocol.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Fig seed oil improves intestinal damage caused by 5-FU-induced mucositis in rats.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
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- [Advances in nutritional support for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2024Review
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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23 authors at 16 institutions in 9 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo update the clinical practice guidelines for the use of natural and miscellaneous agents for the prevention and/or treatment of oral mucositis (OM).
methodsA systematic review was conducted by the Mucositis Study Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer / International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO). The body of evidence for each intervention, in each cancer treatment setting, was assigned an evidence level. The findings were added to the database used to develop the 2014 MASCC/ISOO clinical practice guidelines. Based on the evidence level, the following guidelines were determined: Recommendation, Suggestion, and No Guideline Possible.
resultsA total of 78 papers were identified within the scope of this section, out of which 29 were included in this part, and were analyzed with 27 previously reviewed studies. A new Suggestion was made for oral glutamine for the prevention of OM in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients receiving radiotherapy with concomitant chemotherapy. The previous Recommendation against the use of parenteral glutamine for the prevention of OM in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients was re-established. A previous Suggestion for zinc to prevent OM in H&N cancer patients treated with radiotherapy or chemo-radiotherapy was reversed to No Guideline Possible. No guideline was possible for other interventions.
conclusionsOf the vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements studied for the management of OM, the evidence supports a Recommendation against parenteral glutamine in HSCT patients and a Suggestion in favor of oral glutamine in H&N cancer patients for the management of OM.
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