Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers: A Double-Blinded Randomized Study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 368-373

  Lin, Li Ching ^a   Que, Jenny ^a   Lin, Kuei Li ^a   Leung, Henry Wing Cheung ^a   Lu, Chin Li ^a   Chang, Ching Hsiung ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Survival; Zinc supplement

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

HEAD AND NECK CANCER; ZINC SUPPLEMENT;

ZINC;

SOYBEAN OIL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ZINC;

EID: 38149117086     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.073     Document Type: Article

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