Zinc supplementation to improve mucositis and dermatitis in patients after radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancers: A double-blind, randomized study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 745-750

  Lin, Li Ching ^a   Que, Jenny ^a   Lin, Li Kuei ^a   Lin, Fong Chia ^a  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Zinc supplement

Indexed keywords

HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; MUCOSITIS; THERAPEUTICS; ZINC SUPPLEMENT;

DERMATITIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; TUMORS;

ZINC;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; PRO Z; ZINC;

ABNORMAL SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSITIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIODERMATITIS; STOMATITIS; ZINC;

EID: 33744514313     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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