Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving treatment: cytokines and growth factors

This review concludes that keratinocyte growth factor is beneficial in the prevention of oral mucositis in adults who are receiving radiotherapy to the head and neck with cisplatin or fluorouracil, or chemotherapy alone for mixed solid and haematological cancers.
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