A Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Zinc in Oral Mucositis during Cancer Chemo and/or Radiotherapy—An Evidence-Based Approach

A Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Zinc in Oral Mucositis during Cancer Chemo and/or Radiotherapy—An Evidence-Based Approach

Zinc in various therapeutic doses was used on patients suffering from oral mucositis during cancer treatment. A meta-analysis was conducted to probe the role of oral zinc as a possible treatment option for oral mucositis. A literature search was done using PubMed, EBSCO, Cochrane, MedLine, ScienceDi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 2019/04/30, Vol.65(2), pp.184-191
Hauptverfasser: CHAITANYA, Nallan CSK, SHUGUFTA, Khanam, SUVARNA, Chintada, BHOPAL, Triveni, MEKALA, Sujatha, PONNURU, Harikiran, MADATHANAPALLE, Ramakrishna, PATEL, Mayuri, ABHYANKAR, Sourab, REDDY, Charan, DEVENENI, Pundarikakshaiah
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
analysis
Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects
Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
Female
grading of mucositis
Humans
literature search
Male
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
oral mucositis
Radiotherapy - adverse effects
Stomatitis - classification
Stomatitis - drug therapy
Stomatitis - etiology
zinc
Zinc - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:Zinc in various therapeutic doses was used on patients suffering from oral mucositis during cancer treatment. A meta-analysis was conducted to probe the role of oral zinc as a possible treatment option for oral mucositis. A literature search was done using PubMed, EBSCO, Cochrane, MedLine, ScienceDirect, ResearchGate and Google Scholar with key words. The analysis was directed to recognize and identify the use of zinc supplementations at a confidence interval (CI) 95% with p value significance taken as
ISSN:0301-4800
1881-7742
DOI:10.3177/jnsv.65.184