Turmeric and Reduced Incidence of Severe Radiation-Induced Injury

curcumin was not associated with the incidence of overall RII (RR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.95, 1.01; P = 0.259)

score of pain using NRS (SMD: -7.56, 95% CI: -9.47, -5.65; P < 0.001) and VAS (SMD: -1.53, 95% CI: -2.52, -0.54; P = 0.002)

the score of radiation injury severity (SMD: -0.90, 95% CI: -1.25, -0.55; P < 0.001)

curcumin significantly reduced the incidence of severe RII (RR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.46, 0.74; P < 0.001)

weight (SMD: -0.69, 95% CI: -1.25, -0.13; P = 0.015)