Effects of honey and Taiwanese green propolis on oral mucositis and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: a randomized controlled trial.
- 2025
- RCT
- Food & function 16(12)
- Shao-Ching Jen
- Yue-Wen Chen
- Jo-Ting Tsai
- Chia-Chun Kuo
- Lai-Lei Ting
- Wen-Yen Huang
- Tsai-Wei Huang
- Jin-Hua Chen
- Made Satya Nugraha Gautama
- PubMed: 40424080
- DOI: 10.1039/d5fo00067j
- High evidence
- Rigorous Journal
- Clinical
the honey group showed significantly higher QoL scores (β = 10.05, SE = 3.59, 95% CI = 3.02 to 17.08, P = 0.01)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes