Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving radiotherapy

Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving radiotherapy

Cochrane Review 9 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
Mortality
therapeutic (delayed) ND
0.64 - - Not assessed
New disease, progression, and mortality
therapeutic (delayed) ND
0.56 - - Not assessed
Locoregional recurrence
therapeutic (delayed) ND
0.58 - - Not assessed
Recurrence
therapeutic (delayed) ND
0.58 - - Not assessed
Adverse events associated with treatment
therapeutic (delayed) ND
1.31 - - Not assessed
Total mortality
elective selective ND
nan - - Not assessed
New disease, progression or mortality
therapeutic (delayed) neck dissection
0.73 - - Not assessed
Adverse events
therapeutic (delayed) neck dissection
nan - - Not assessed
Disease free survival
planned neck dissection either before or after chemoradiotherapy
nan - - Not assessed
GRADE Certainty of Evidence:
High Very confident in the effect estimate
Moderate Moderately confident in the effect estimate
Low Limited confidence in the effect estimate
Very Low Very little confidence in the effect estimate

Review Information

Review ID: CD006205
Outcomes: 9 assessed

Related Content

Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 9