Photobiomodulation therapy in the management of chronic oral graft-versus-host disease

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• 作者：Joel B. Epstein ; Judith E. Raber-Durlacher ; Michael Lill…
• 关键词：Photobiomodulation therapy ; PBM therapy ; Low ; level laser therapy ; LLLT ; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ; Oral graft ; versus ; host disease ; Xerostomia ; Hyposalivation
• 刊名：Supportive Care in Cancer
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：25
• 期：2
• 页码：357-364
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Oncology; Nursing; Nursing Research; Pain Medicine; Rehabilitation Medicine;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1433-7339
• 卷排序：25

文摘

AimPatients treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may experience oral complications associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). These complications may significantly affect quality of life, even many years post-HSCT. Current treatment options for oral cGVHD are limited and often include steroid or other immunomodulatory medications, which may not adequately control the oral condition. A non-immunosuppressive intervention for symptomatic relief in oral cGVHD would thus be a welcome addition to the treatment paradigm.