Systematic review of cytokines and growth factors for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 343-355

  Raber Durlacher, Judith E ^a,b   Von Bültzingslöwen, Inger ^c   Logan, Richard M ^d   Bowen, Joanne ^d   Al Azri, Abdul Rahman ^d   Everaus, Hele ^e   Gerber, Erich ^f   Gomez, Jesùs Garcia ^g   Pettersson, Bo G ^h   Soga, Yoshihiko ⁱ   Spijkervet, Fred K L ^j   Tissing, Wim J E ^j   Epstein, Joel B ^k   Elad, Sharon ^l   Lalla, Rajesh V ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^f Kaiser Franz Josef Spital   (Austria)

^g Medical Oncology Department   (Spain)

^h Public Dental Health ^*  (Sweden)

ⁱ OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k Division of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cytokines; Growth factors; Guidelines; Mucositis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATL 104; CYTOKINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 11; METHOTREXATE; MOUTHWASH; PALIFERMIN; PV 701; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTESTINAL TREFOIL FACTOR; REPIFERMIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VELAFERMIN;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STOMATITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CYTOKINES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 7; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOUTHWASHES; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STOMATITIS;

EID: 84874115252     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1594-5     Document Type: Review

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