Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in people receiving cancer treatment: photobiomodulation

Sharon R Lewis; Philip Riley; Eleni Deligianni; Anne-Marie Glenny; Michael Glick; Lucy O'Malley; Tanya Walsh; Helen V Worthington

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD016068

Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in people receiving cancer treatment: photobiomodulation

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Dec 3;12(12):CD016068. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016068.

Authors

Sharon R Lewis¹, Philip Riley¹, Eleni Deligianni², Anne-Marie Glenny¹, Michael Glick³, Lucy O'Malley¹, Tanya Walsh¹, Helen V Worthington¹

Affiliations

¹ Cochrane Oral Health, Division of Dentistry, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
² Division of Dentistry, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Center for Integrative Global Oral Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of photobiomodulation for the prevention of oral mucositis in people undergoing treatment for head and neck cancers, other solid cancers, and haematological cancers.

MeSH terms

Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Humans
Low-Level Light Therapy* / methods
Neoplasms* / radiotherapy
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Review Literature as Topic
Stomatitis* / etiology
Stomatitis* / prevention & control