Intervention Protocol

Glutamine supplementation in enteral or parenteral nutrition for the incidence of mucositis in colorectal cancer

  1. Hernani Pinto de Lemos1,*,
  2. Andre Luis A Lemos2,
  3. Álvaro N Atallah3,
  4. Bernardo Soares4

Editorial Group: Cochrane Colorectal Cancer Group

Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004650

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Pinto de Lemos H, Lemos ALA, Atallah ÁN, Soares B. Glutamine supplementation in enteral or parenteral nutrition for the incidence of mucositis in colorectal cancer (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004650. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004650.

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  1. 1

    Santa Casa hospital-Santos-SP-Brazil; Cochrane center of Brazil, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

  2. 2

    Federal University of São Paulo, Brazilian Cochrane Center, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

  3. 3

    Universidade Federal de São Paulo / Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazilian Cochrane Centre, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

  4. 4

    Brazilian Cochrane Centre, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

*Hernani Pinto de Lemos, Santa Casa hospital-Santos-SP-Brazil; Cochrane center of Brazil, Luis de Camões 158, Ana Costa 361 cj 74, Santos, São Paulo, 11015-400, Brazil. hernani.jr@uol.com.br.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

The aim of this review is to assess the effectiveness of glutamine supplementation in patients with colorectal cancer for the incidence of mucositis.
This review will evaluate whether glutamine supplementation decreases complications in patients with colorectal cancer, and whether glutamine supplementation decreases the length of hospital stay and thereby the costs of treatment .

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