Question · asked by 1 review
Selenium vs no intervention: Quality of life and other oral related symptoms (loss of taste, dysphagia)
- Population
- Patients receiving radiotherapy on its own or in addition to chemotherapy to the head and neck region
- Intervention
- Selenium
- Comparison
- no intervention
- Outcome
- Quality of life and other oral related symptoms (loss of taste, dysphagia)
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Selenium vs No intervention Quality of life and other oral related symptoms (loss of taste, dysphagia) · Patients receiving radiotherapy on its own or in addition to chemotherapy to the head and neck region · 6 weeks after end of RT Pharmacological interventions for preventing dry mouth and salivary gland dysfunction following radiotherapy (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes | Insufficient evidence of differences for loss of taste or dysphagia; data largely unusable (no standard deviations). Ageusia milder in selenium group (not significant); dysphagia significant only at week 7 (P = 0.05)… | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacological interventions for preventing dry mouth and salivary gland dysfunction following radiotherapy 2017 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2016-09 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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