• Effects of oral glutamine during abdominal radiotherapy on chronic radiation enteritis: a randomized controlled trial 

      Vidal-Casariego, Alfonso; Calleja-Fernández, Alicia; Cano-Rodríguez, Isidoro; Cordido, Fernando; Ballesteros-Pomar, María D. (Elsevier, 2015-01)
      [Abstract] Objective. Glutamine has been proposed as a preventive treatment for toxicity related to cancer therapies. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of glutamine in the prevention of radiation enteritis. Methods. ...
    • Efficacy of glutamine in the prevention of acute radiation enteritis: a randomized controlled trial 

      Vidal-Casariego, Alfonso; Calleja-Fernández, Alicia; Ortiz de Urbina-González, Juan José; Cano-Rodríguez, Isidoro; Cordido, Fernando; Ballesteros-Pomar, María D. (SAGE, 2013-03-07)
      [Abstract] Background: Acute radiation enteritis is a common adverse effect related to radiotherapy (RT). Glutamine is an immune modulator and antioxidant amino acid that can exert a protective role in patients receiving ...
    • Tissue effects of glutamine in rectal cancer patients treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy 

      Vidal-Casariego, Alfonso; Hernando-Martín, Mercedes; Calleja-Fernández, Alicia; Cano-Rodríguez, Isidoro; Cordido, Fernando; Ballesteros-Pomar, María D. (SENPE (Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parentelar y Entelar), 2015)
      [Abstract] Background: The aim was to evaluate the effects of glutamine on tumor regression and histological damage in patients with rectal patients following chemoradiotherapy previous to surgery. Material and methods: ...