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    Oral Dis: topical vitamin D gel can reduce the development of oral mucositis and relieve pain

    • Last Update: 2021-12-24
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Radiotherapy is the main way to treat head and neck cancer, but the resulting radiation oral mucositis "RIOM" is considered to be the most serious non-hematological complication in cancer treatment


    Vitamin D prevention

    The study finally included 45 patients with head and neck cancer and conducted a three-arm randomized controlled clinical trial: the first group was the conventional treatment group; the second group was the topical oral vitamin D gel; the third group was the topical oral vitamin D gel combination Routine treatment


    The results showed that after 6 weeks of radiotherapy, patients in the control group (33.


    In summary, the results of this study show that topical oral vitamin D gel can reduce the development of oral mucositis and relieve pain during the radiation period, especially when combined with conventional treatment drugs


    Original source:

    Islam S Bakr, et al.


    Vitamin D oral gel for prevention of radiation -induced oral mucositis: A randomized clinical trial

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