evidencegaps
Primary study · included by 1 review

Impact of systemic dexamethasone administration on oral mucositis induced by anthracycline-containing regimens in breast cancer treatment.

Saito 2022 · Saito Yoshitaka, Takekuma Yoh, Takeshita Takashi, et al. · Scientific reports · 2022

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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 Saito et al., 2022 · Table 1; reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Incidence of oral mucositis (any episode)
Systemic corticosteroids vs Placebo, no corticoid, oral care, other mouthwash or low-dose corticoid
RR 0.44 [0.29, 0.66]2 studies · 223 participantsGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.