title: Oral Cryotherapy for Preventing Oral Mucositis in Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In patients receiving treatment for cancer, does oral cryotherapy prevent oral mucositis?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral cryotherapy is effective for the prevention of oral mucositis in adults receiving fluorouracil-based chemotherapy for solid cancers, and for the prevention of severe oral mucositis in adults receiving high-dose melphalan-based chemotherapy before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
authors: Cochrane Oral Health Group, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
authors: Philip
authors: P
authors: Riley
authors: Centre for Paediatric, Teenage and Young Adult Cancer, Institute of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
authors: Martin G
authors: MG
authors: McCabe
authors: Cochrane Oral Health Group, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
authors: Anne-Marie
authors: AM
authors: Glenny
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017679:Cryotherapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents