Supportive Cryotherapy: A Review From Head to Toe
Conventional chemotherapy leads to adverse mucocutaneous complications such as oral mucositis (OM), alopecia, onycholysis, and 5- fluorouracil (5FU)-related ocular toxicity. Despite extensive research, limited pharmacologic interventions are available for preventing these clinical problems. Cryotherapy uses the basic principle that cold-induced vasoconstriction can limit the local effects of certain cytotoxic therapies. This review critically appraises the […]