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Efficacy of apitherapy for the treatment of oral mucositis in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Apitherapy
Mucosite bucal
Neoplasias

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Efficacy of apitherapy for the treatment of oral mucositis in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2025). Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde, 25(10), e21633. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e21633.2025

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Objetivo: Investigar se a apiterapia é eficaz no tratamento da mucosite oral em pacientes com câncer.
Métodos: Foram realizadas buscas nas seguintes bases de dados até julho de 2024: PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, SciELO e Lilacs. As estatísticas Q de Cochrane e I² de Higgins foram utilizadas para detectar heterogeneidade, enquanto o teste de Mantel-Haenszel foi empregado para a síntese dos dados por meio do software RStudio. O risco de viés foi avaliado utilizando a ferramenta Cochrane Riisk of Bias 2. Resultados: Após a busca inicial, foram identificados 857 artigos. Aplicando-se os critérios de elegibilidade, 18 ensaios clínicos randomizados foram incluídos nesta revisão, sendo 11 sobre o mel e 7 sobre o própolis, com baixo risco de viés em três dos estudos com mel e própolis. Os resultados da presente metanálise não demonstraram diferenças estatisticamente significativas para nenhum dos agentes no tratamento e/ou prevenção da mucosite oral (P > 0,05). Além disso, foi observada alta heterogeneidade (I² > 65%) nos grupos tratados com mel para mucosite leve, moderada e grave. Considerações finais: Mel e própolis não se mostraram eficazes para o tratamento ou prevenção da mucosite oral; no entanto, esses resultados devem ser interpretados com cautela, dado que alguns estudos apresentaram alta heterogeneidade.

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