## Abstract ## Background. the study was designed to test whether vitamin E (VE) provides oral mucosal protection in patients with irradiated cancers of the head and neck. ## Methods. Fiftyβfour patients with cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx were randomly assigned to rinse the oral cavit
A new combination of mucosal protective drugs in patients with radiation-induced esophagitis.
β Scribed by H. amamura; H. Tonami; M. Ohguchi; K. Higashi; T. Okimura; I. Yamamoto
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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