Purpose: Mucositis management has an important place in the treatment of these cancer patients. Therefore, aim our study is to examine effect honey on oral mucositis patients with head and neck receiving radiotherapy. 
 Methods: The was planned as a randomized controlled, single-blind, parallel group study. conducted 32 16 each group. Five data collection tools were used collect research d...

Objectives About two-thirds of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy. Oral mucositis represents a major complication of radiotherapy, causing morbidity and mortality and decreasing the quality of life of patients. This study aimed to assess the preventive effect of Glycyrrhiza aqueous extract on oral mucositis in cancer patients under head and neck radiotherapy. Materials and Methods In this d...

OBJECTIVE To report the serial development of oral mucositis following infusion of bevacizumab in a young woman with a malignant brain tumor and history of cutaneous psoriasis. CASE SUMMARY A 29-year-old woman with a history of active cutaneous psoriasis and a malignant glioneuronal tumor was treated with bevacizumab for 2.5 years. With each infusion of bevacizumab, she developed oral mucosit...

Chemotherapy-induced mucositis can limit the effectiveness of cancer therapy and increase the risk of infections. However, no specific therapy for protection against mucositis is currently available. In this study, we investigated the therapeutic effect of PLAG (1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-3-acetyl-rac-glycerol, acetylated diglyceride) in 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-induced oral mucositis animal models. ...

In view of the morbidity potential of oral complications in patients with leukemia, this study evaluated the clinical and microbiological alterations that occur in the oral mucosa of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy and prophylactic administration of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate. The sample consisted of 17 children aged 2 to 12 years that ...

Introduction: Oral mucositis induces severe oral pain in head and neck cancer patients. There is at this point no effective pain treatment without considerable side effects. Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to investigate pain reduction in oral cavity and pharynx in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) with oral mucositis, the location of anesthetic effect, and duration of pain re...

BACKGROUND This study is conducted mainly to evaluate the changes in quality and quantity of oral epithelial cells during the course of IMRT. MATERIAL AND METHODS 30 Patients undergoing chemo-radiotherapy were followed through course of treatment. They were compared with a group of age- and sex-matched healthy individuals. The procedure involved WHO clinical scoring, collection of oral washin...

Background: To investigate the effect of zinc sulphate for prophylaxis of radiation-induced oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer. Materials And Methods: In the department of Radiation Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, 40 patients with head and neck cancer were selected randomly to receive either Zinco-C 25 mg, four tablets daily or control group who did no...