Double-blind, placebo-controlled, random
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Jens Benn Sorensen; Torben Skovsgaard; Ellen Bork; Lars Damstrup; Sten Ingeberg
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The purpose was to evaluate prevention of oral mucositis (OM) using chlorhexidine compared with placebo and with oral cooling (cryotherapy) during fluorouracil (5‐FU)‐based chemotherapy in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. ## METHODS Patients with previously untreated GI ca