Have you ever used sodium alginate to treat radiation-induced mucositis of the upper digestive tract?
Sodium alginate, an ingredient found in ice cream, is now being used in Japan to reduce RT-induced esophagitis. Anecdotally, a daily quart of ice cream reduces esophagitis.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Below are randomized results to what may be the referenced study: Yokoyama et al., Annals of Oncology 2019.
Here's the punch line: "Sodium alginate did not show a significant preventative effect on radiation-induced severe esophagitis in patients with NSCLC."
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