Low-level laser therapy/photobiomodulation in the management of side effects of chemoradiation therapy in head and neck cancer: part 2: proposed applications and treatment protocols

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2793-2805

  Zecha, Judith A E M ^a   Raber Durlacher, Judith E ^a,b   Nair, Raj G ^c   Epstein, Joel B ^d,e   Elad, Sharon ^f   Hamblin, Michael R ^g,h,i   Barasch, Andrei ^j   Migliorati, Cesar A ^k   Milstein, Dan M J ^a   Genot, Marie Thérèse ^l   Lansaat, Liset ^m   van der Brink, Ron ^e   Arnabat Dominguez, Josep ⁿ   van der Molen, Lisette ^m   Jacobi, Irene ^m   van Diessen, Judi ^m   de Lange, Jan ^a   Smeele, Ludi E ^a,m   Schubert, Mark M ^o   Bensadoun, René Jean ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^l JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^m NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^o SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^p Centre de Haute Energie (CHE)   (France)

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Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; LLLT; Low level laser therapy; Low level light therapy; Mucositis; Orofacial complications; PBM; Photobiomodulation; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BONE NECROSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DERMATITIS; DOSIMETRY; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPHEDEMA; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOBIOMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; VOICE DISORDER; XEROSTOMIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY;

EID: 84961217958     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3153-y     Document Type: Review

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