Impact of the oral microbial profile on the risk of treatment-related oral toxicities in patients with head and neck cancer before the 16S rRNA gene amplification sequencing technology era: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

This review and meta-analysis aim to identify studies that characterized changes in the oral microbial profile and link these changes to the risk of oral toxicities during and after HNC treatment. We searched PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Ovid EMBASE databases. The primary outcome was oral toxicities. O...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mona Kamal, Roy F. Chemaly, Dina A. Ibrahim, Sai-ching J. Yeung, Mohamed Rahouma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Oral Oncology Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772906023000882