Low level laser therapy: A real hope in the management of chemo-induced and radiation-induced mucositis?

Cancer Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 236-238

  Bensadoun, René Jean ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NOTE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REPAIR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; STOMATITIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MOUTH MUCOSA; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0036584205     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130404-200205000-00005     Document Type: Note

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