Mucositis significantly affects quality of life and tolerance of treatment in oral irradiation.
Effective management of this complication is therefore very important. However, there is a
scarcity of up-to-date oral care protocols, with most centres using ritualized regimens. The
literature on oral rinses in radiation mucositis is at best inconclusive and at worst confusing.
In this study, patients undergoing radical radiotherapy treatment (55–60 Gy in 4 weeks) to
more than 50% of the oral cavity and oropharynx were randomized to a research based oral …