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Primary study · included by 1 review

Corticosteroids and radiation mucositis in head and neck cancer. A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial.

Leborgne 1998 · Leborgne J H, Leborgne F, Zubizarreta E, et al. · Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 1998

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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 Leborgne et al., 1997 · Table 1; reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Severity of oral mucositis (mean OM scores)
Systemic corticosteroids vs Placebo, no corticoid, oral care, other mouthwash or low-dose corticoid
SMD -0.27 [-0.76, 0.21]1 study · 66 participantsGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.