Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung Cancer
Oral glutamine supplementation is highly effective in preventing and delaying radiation-induced esophagitis, one of the most common discomforting side effects of radiation to the thoracic area among lung cancer patients. According to the literature, lung cancer is the leading cause of death amo...
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| author | Khaled Waleed Bader Mohammad Ali Abu Sa'aleek |
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| description | Oral glutamine supplementation is highly effective in preventing and delaying radiation-induced esophagitis, one of the most common discomforting side effects of radiation to the thoracic area among lung cancer patients. According to the literature, lung cancer is the leading cause of death among all cancers with the highest incidence worldwide. This paper aims to emphasize the importance of oral glutamine supplementation in preventing radiation-induced esophagitis among lung cancer patients. Several databases have been searched and seven studies included in this review (five randomized control studies, one quasi-experimental study and one systematic review) with a total of 453 patients. The patients in these studies were diagnosed with lung cancer regardless of type or stage. The patients were either assigned to an intervention group (glutamine
supplementation) or a control group. These studies were conducted in the US, Turkey, Spain, and Greece from 2003 until 2012.
The results showed that 10 mg of oral glutamine three times per day on a daily basis (from one month before starting radiation until one month after completion of radiation)was effective in preventing and delaying radiation-induced esophagitis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64b7152d2c23439bb3b40989108b43d22022-12-22T01:48:04ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesMiddle East Journal of Cancer2008-67092008-66872014-07-0153113117Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung CancerKhaled Waleed Bader0 Mohammad Ali Abu Sa'aleek1Oncology Master Department, Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanNursing Faculty, Clinical Nursing Department, University of Jordan, Amman, JordanOral glutamine supplementation is highly effective in preventing and delaying radiation-induced esophagitis, one of the most common discomforting side effects of radiation to the thoracic area among lung cancer patients. According to the literature, lung cancer is the leading cause of death among all cancers with the highest incidence worldwide. This paper aims to emphasize the importance of oral glutamine supplementation in preventing radiation-induced esophagitis among lung cancer patients. Several databases have been searched and seven studies included in this review (five randomized control studies, one quasi-experimental study and one systematic review) with a total of 453 patients. The patients in these studies were diagnosed with lung cancer regardless of type or stage. The patients were either assigned to an intervention group (glutamine supplementation) or a control group. These studies were conducted in the US, Turkey, Spain, and Greece from 2003 until 2012. The results showed that 10 mg of oral glutamine three times per day on a daily basis (from one month before starting radiation until one month after completion of radiation)was effective in preventing and delaying radiation-induced esophagitis.http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/153/131Radiation-induced esophagitisLung cancerGlutamineRadiation toxicityThoracic radiation |
| spellingShingle | Khaled Waleed Bader Mohammad Ali Abu Sa'aleek Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung Cancer Middle East Journal of Cancer Radiation-induced esophagitis Lung cancer Glutamine Radiation toxicity Thoracic radiation |
| title | Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung Cancer |
| title_full | Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung Cancer |
| title_fullStr | Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung Cancer |
| title_short | Putting into Evidence: The Effect of Oral Glutamine on Radiation-induced Esophagitis among Patients with Lung Cancer |
| title_sort | putting into evidence the effect of oral glutamine on radiation induced esophagitis among patients with lung cancer |
| topic | Radiation-induced esophagitis Lung cancer Glutamine Radiation toxicity Thoracic radiation |
| url | http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/153/131 |
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