Polaprezinc prevents oral mucositis associated with radiochemotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1984-1990

  Watanabe, Tomoko ^a   Ishihara, Masashi ^a   Matsuura, Katsuhiko ^a   Mizuta, Keisuke ^b   Itoh, Yoshinori ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

head and neck cancer; oral mucositis; pain; quality of life; radiation therapy; taste disturbance; xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZULENE; AZUNOL; MOUTHWASH; POLAPREZINC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIULCER AGENT; CARNOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MOUTH PAIN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XEROSTOMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARNOSINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RADIATION INJURIES; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77957014138     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25200     Document Type: Article

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