Abstract | BACKGROUND: The purpose of this review was to evaluate studies in basic oral care interventions to update evidence based practice guidelines for preventing oral mucositis (OM) in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. MATERIAL & METHODS: Pub Med database and Google Scholar were searched for all papers published between 2000 and December 2014 in English that were conducted using the search terms including ''mocusitis, chemotherapy, mouth-rinses, oral care, oral care protocol, dental care,dental cleaning, oral decontamination, oral hygiene", and the combined phrases in order to obtain all relevant studies. RESULTS: The initial search concluded 151 published papers representing both research and clinical work. Review articles, clinical case reports, literature reviews, and other nonresearch articles were excluded from the review. Following this process, 30 papers remained. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | A Hashemi, Z Bahrololoumi, Y Khaksar, N Saffarzadeh, H Neamatzade, E Foroughi |
Journal | Iranian journal of pediatric hematology and oncology
(Iran J Ped Hematol Oncol)
Vol. 5
Issue 2
Pg. 106-12
( 2015)
ISSN: 2008-8892 [Print] Iran |
PMID | 26131350
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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