Potential Therapeutic Effects of Gut Hormones, Ghrelin and Obestatin in Oral Mucositis

Potential Therapeutic Effects of Gut Hormones, Ghrelin and Obestatin in Oral Mucositis

Chemotherapy and/or head and neck radiotherapy are frequently associated with oral mucositis. Oral pain, odynophagia and dysphagia, opioid use, weight loss, dehydration, systemic infection, hospitalization and introduction of a feeding tube should be mentioned as the main determinated effect of oral...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Stempniewicz, Piotr Ceranowicz, Zygmunt Warzecha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
gut hormone
ghrelin
obestatin
oral mucositis
chemotheraphy
radiotherapy
cancer
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/7/1534

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