SynthesisAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2021
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Curcumin/Turmeric for the Prevention and Amelioration of Radiotherapy/Radiochemotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.
Synthesis in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of curcumin intervention on radiation-induced injury: a GRADE-based systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Curcumin as a complementary treatment in oncological therapy: a systematic review.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of turmeric in the treatment of oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer after radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of oral supplementation to manage radiation dermatitis in cancer patients: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- 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
- Efficacy of curcumin for amelioration of radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis: a preliminary randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC cancer · 2023Trial
- Effects of Clarified Açaí Supplementation and Photobiomodulation on the Parotid Glands of Rats Submitted to Chemotherapy.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2026Article
- Potentiality of Curcumin Against Radio-Chemotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis: A Review.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2025Review
- The Effectiveness of Curcumin in Treating Oral Mucositis Related to Radiation and Chemotherapy: A Systematic Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Natural Health Products for Anti-Cancer Treatment: Evidence and Controversy.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
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- Exploring the Contribution of Curcumin to Cancer Therapy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Pharmaceutics · 2023Review
- Awareness on ill effects of tobacco usage among tobacco users.Journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & research · 2022Article
- The Self-Administered Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Supplements and Antioxidants in Cancer Therapy and the Critical Role of Nrf-2-A Systematic Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Traditional Chinese medicine use in patients with oral cancer: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study in Taiwan.Medicine · 2022Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundOral Mucositis(OM) is an acute debilitating dose limiting toxicity of Radiotherapy/Radiochemotherapy(RT/RCT) in management of Head and Neck Cancer (HNC). Curcumin/Turmeric may reduce OM in patients.
aimEfficacy of Curcumin/Turmeric for preventing and ameliorating the onset and severity of RT/RCT induced OM was analysed in this review.
methodsA systematic literature search with meta-analysis were performed using Mesh terms in PubMed, Google scholar, Science Direct, Cochrane library and manual searching, articles published from 2010 to April 2021 were included. Clinical trials that studied the efficacy/effects of turmeric / curcumin in management of RT/RCT induced OM in HNC patients were included. Statistical Analysis were done to calculate the pooled Risk ratio at 95%confidence interval with significance at p.
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