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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy for Oral Mucositis in Hematologic Patients Undergoing Transplantation: A Single-Arm Prospective Study.

Hiromi Nishi, Susumu Horikoshi, Kouji Ohta, Tetsumi Yoshida, Noriyasu Fukushima, Kyoko Oshita, Syuichi Munenaga, Taro Edahiro, Hiroshi Ureshino, Hideo Shigeishi and 12 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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22 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hiromi NishiDepartment of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0741-9886
Susumu HorikoshiDepartment of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Kouji OhtaDepartment of Public Oral Health, Program of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Tetsumi YoshidaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Noriyasu FukushimaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Karatsu Red Cross Hospital, Karatsu 847-8588, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1391-8043
Kyoko OshitaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3827-546X
Syuichi MunenagaDepartment of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Taro EdahiroDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Hiroshi UreshinoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5034-3699
Hideo ShigeishiDepartment of Public Oral Health, Program of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Yukio YoshiokaDepartment of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6128-8202
Masaru KonishiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Noriaki IdeDepartment of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Yuma OgawaDepartment of Program of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Rikou MarukawaDepartment of Program of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Tomoaki ShintaniCenter of Oral Clinical Examination, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0789-3273
Natumi InoDepartment of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Mikihito KajiyaCenter of Oral Clinical Examination, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6652-0007
Naoya KakimotoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1274-8991
Hiroki OhgeDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Tatsuo IchinoheDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0393-4066
Hiroyuki KawaguchiDepartment of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Hiroshima University · JPHiroshima University Hospital · JPHiroshima General Hospital · JPTakamatsu Red Cross Hospital · JP

Funding

UNITAC Co., Ltd. (Onomichi, Japan) 3022KA7382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral mucositis significantly affects the quality of life in hematologic cancer patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Despite global evidence supporting the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for mucositis prevention, its clinical adoption in Japan is limited. This study aimed to fill this gap by evaluating the safety and efficacy of LLLT in a Japanese patient population. In a single-group, non-blinded, exploratory trial, we compared 21 LLLT-treated patients against a historical control of 96 patients. The primary endpoint was the incidence of Grade ≥ 2 mucositis, based on NCI-CTCAE ver. 4.0. The LLLT group showed a significantly lower incidence of Grade ≥ 2 mucositis (23.8%) compared to the control group (64.6%) (

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hematopoietic stem cell transplantationJapanlow-level light therapyoral mucositisquality of life

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PMID38003918
PMCPMC10672422
OpenAlexW4388629408

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