Interventions for preventing osteoradionecrosis of the jaws in adults receiving head and neck radiotherapy

Interventions for preventing osteoradionecrosis of the jaws in adults receiving head and neck radiotherapy

Cochrane Review 6 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
OSCC or OPMD
nan
nan - - Not assessed
Oral cancer as indicated by the National Cancer Registry
Conventional oral examination alone
nan - - Not assessed
Oral cavity cancer or potentially malignant disorder
No comparison
0.5 - - Not assessed
nan
nan
nan - - Not assessed
Detection of oral pre‐malignant lesions and malignant lesions
Conventional oral examination alone
1.05 - - Not assessed
Incidence of oral cancer
Conventional oral examination alone
0.79 - - 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: CD010173
Outcomes: 6 assessed

Related Content

Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 6