Assessing the effectiveness of Dead Sea products as prophylactic agents for acute radiochemotherapy-induced skin and mucosal toxicity in patients with head and neck cancers: A phase 2 study

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 439-442

  Matceyevsky, Diana ^a,b   Yaal Hahoshen, Neora ^a,b   Vexler, Akiva ^a,b   Asna, Noam ^a,b   Khafif, Avi ^a,b   Ben Yosef, Rami ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea products; Head and neck cancer; Radiation therapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALOE BARBADENSIS EXTRACT; CARBOPLATIN; CHAMOMILE; CISPLATIN; DAUCUS CAROTA EXTRACT; DEAD SEA PRODUCT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; LAVENDER OIL; LEMON OIL; LENOM; LILIUM CANDIDUM EXTRACT; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; PEPPERMINT OIL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SALVIA SCLAREA EXTRACT; SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLARIS; THYME OIL; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ALOE; ANTHEMIS; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARROT; CITRON; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HAMAMELIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; LAVENDER; LILY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH TUMOR; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PROPHYLAXIS; ROSEMARY; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SALVIA; SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS; SKIN IRRITATION; THYME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOPREVENTION; DERMATITIS; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL WATERS; MOUTHWASHES; MUCOSITIS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250808450     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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