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Primary study · included by 1 review

A retrospective study of factors associated with the development of oral candidiasis in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: Is topical steroid therapy a risk factor for oral candidiasis?

Kawashita 2018 · Kawashita Yumiko, Funahara Madoka, Yoshimatsu Masako, et al. · Medicine · 2018

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Corticoids Reduce Incidence of Oral Mucositis during Antineoplastic Treatment? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Nonrandomized Clinical Trials.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Kawashita et al., 2019 · Table 1; reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Incidence of oral mucositis (any episode)
Topical corticosteroids vs Placebo, no corticoid, oral care, other mouthwash or low-dose corticoid
RR 0.99 [0.85, 1.14]3 studies · 365 participantsGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.