Topical Glucocorticosteroids for Proactive Therapy of Acute Radiation-Induced Skin Injury in Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis.

Biomedicines · 2026 · PMC13113669 · PMID 42072482

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

However, this difference did not reach statistical significance in our analysis.

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showed a trendno p-value reported

The cumulative Z-curve showed a trend toward statistical significance in favor of topical GCS. 4.

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