粘膜炎
医学
麦卢卡蜂蜜
头颈部癌
放射治疗
系统回顾
癌症
头颈部
入射(几何)
荟萃分析
梅德林
重症监护医学
化疗
外科
内科学
肿瘤科
作者
Areti Gkantaifi,Filippo Alongi,Emmanouil Vardas,Francesco Cuccia,Jiannis Hajiioannou,Efthymios Kyrodimos,Christos Christopoulos,Davide Mauri,Nikolaos Charalampakis,Nikolaos Trogkanis,Nikolaos Tsoukalas,George Iliadis,Maria Tolia
出处
期刊:Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials
[Bentham Science]
日期:2021-01-12
卷期号:15 (4): 360-369
标识
DOI:10.2174/1574887115666200709140405
摘要
Backround: Oral mucositis (OM) consists of a major side effect of radiotherapy (RT) in head and neck (H-N) cancer patients and natural honey is gaining more and more scientific interest due to its beneficial effects in tissue repair. Objective: The aim of this review is to better clarify the preventive/therapeutic role of honey in the management of OM in patients with H-N cancer undergoing RT with or without chemotherapy (CT). Methods: We used the PubMed database to retrieve journal articles and the inclusion criteria were only reviews and meta-analyses that illustrated the effective use of honey for either the prevention or treatment of OM in H-N cancer patients receiving either RT alone or in combination with CT. Results: Our search resulted in 92 citations, of which 12 eventually fulfilled the inclusion criteria of our study. Decreased incidence and severity of OM, extended time of occurrence of mucositis, less weight loss and less treatment interruptions were occasionally documented with conventional honey use in the included reviews and meta-analyses. In contrast to conventional honey, manuka honey proved to be weak in improving OM management in the small number of included reviews in our search. Conclusion: Conventional honey might constitute a highly promising natural product against OM attracting much scientific interest due to its easy accessibility and low financial cost. Hence, the lack of studies with high evidence requires further advanced research to enhance the existing knowledge about the potential value of honey in radiation-induced OM in H-N cancer patients.
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