Efficacy of Benzydamine Hydrochloride, Chlorhexidine and Povidone Iodine in Treatment of Oral Mucositis among Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Malignancies
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Background and objectives: Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating complication of radiotherapy which is associated with significant morbidity. It is therefore extremely important that mucositis be prevented, or at least treated to reduce its severity and sequelae. The objective of the study was to manage oral mucositis induced by radiotherapy and to reduce pain by using Benzydamine hydrochloride (0.15%), Chlorhexidine (0.2%) and Povidone
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Cancer treatment-induced oral mucositis.
Oral mucositis is one of the main complications in non-surgical cancer treatments. It represents the major dose-limiting toxicity for some chemotherapeutic agents, for radiotherapy of the head and neck region and for some radiochemotherapy combined treatments. Many reviews and clinical studies have been published in order to define the best clinical protocol for prophylaxis or treatment of muco...
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