Palifermin for Oral Mucositis after Intensive Therapy for Hematologic Cancers
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- 16 December 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 351 (25) , 2590-2598
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa040125
Abstract
Oral mucositis is a complication of intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy with no effective treatment. We tested the ability of palifermin (recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor) to decrease oral mucosal injury induced by cytotoxic therapy.Keywords
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