Immunonutrients for radiation-induced oral mucositis in head and neck cancer: current evidence and future perspectives
Xingqing Long, Chunye Fang, Xuezhen Qiu, Fayi Yu, Libing Chen, Xunmei Liu, Yuxin Li, Yinghua Chen, Rensheng Wang, Tingting Zhang · 2026
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Xingqing Long and nine colleagues review, in a 2026 article, immune-boosting nutrition for the mouth sores that radiation for head and neck cancer almost always causes. The sores strike eighty to nearly one hundred percent of patients, and over half suffer the severe grades, with pain, swallowing trouble, and weight loss. Ordinary feeding support fills calories but does nothing for the immune and tissue damage underneath.
Immunonutrition adds ingredients chosen to calm inflammation, fight oxidative stress, and help the mouth lining rebuild its barrier. Evidence gathered here suggests it can improve tolerance of radiation and chemotherapy and lift daily outcomes. Safety and tolerability look favorable across the studies. The authors are careful about certainty, since trials vary in formula and design. They frame immune nutrition as a promising partner to standard care, and they chart the trials needed to prove which blends help which patients.
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| CREATOR | Xingqing Long, Chunye Fang, Xuezhen Qiu, Fayi Yu, Libing Chen, Xunmei Liu, Yuxin Li, Yinghua Chen, Rensheng Wang, Tingting Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |