A phase III randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial to determine the efficacy of low level laser therapy for the prevention of oral mucositis in patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1145-1154

  Schubert, Mark M ^a,b,c   Eduardo, Fernanda P ^d   Guthrie, Katherine A ^b   Franquin, Jean Claude ^e   Bensadoun, Rene Jean J ^f   Migliorati, Cesar A ^g   Lloid, C Michele E ^c   Eduardo, Carlos P ^d   Walter, Niccoli Filho ^h   Marques, Marcia M ^d   Hamdi, Mohd ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c Seattle Cancer Care Alliance   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^g NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

ⁱ Fradama SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic cell transplant; Low level laser; Mucositis prevention

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34648822322     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0238-7     Document Type: Article

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