Effects of honey on oral mucositis in patients with head and neck Cancer: A meta-analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2085-2092

  Cho, Hye Kyung ^a   Jeong, Yeon Min ^b   Lee, Ho Seok ^b   Lee, Yeon Ji ^b   Hwang, Se Hwan ^b  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chemoradiotherapy; Head and neck neoplasm; honey; meta analysis; mucositis; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HONEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; ORAL MUCOSITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MOUTH MUCOSA; RADIATION RESPONSE; STOMATITIS;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HONEY; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; STOMATITIS;

EID: 84939838762     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.25233     Document Type: Article

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