Supportive Therapy in OncologySupportive Therapy in OncologyПоддерживающая терапия в онкологии3034-24733034-3178Publishing House ABV Press6110.17650/3034-2473-2025-2-2-27-33REVIEWSОБЗОРНЫЕ СТАТЬИCurrent state and prospects of using low-energy laser radiation for early radiation damage in the treatment of head and neck tumorsСостояние и перспективы использования низкоэнергетического лазерного излучения ранних лучевых повреждений в лечении больных с опухолями головы и шеиhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-5567AlievaSevil B.АлиеваС. Б.
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Sevil Bagaturovna Alieva.

24, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115478.

Севил Багатуровна Алиева.

115478 Москва, Каширское шоссе, 24.

drsevil@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-4827ZaderenkoIgor A.ЗадеренкоИ. А.
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24, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115478.

115478 Москва, Каширское шоссе, 24.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4944-4035ChernykhMarina V.ЧерныхМ. В.
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24, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115478.

115478 Москва, Каширское шоссе, 24.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5231-9927FedoseenkoDmitriy I.ФедосеенкоД. И.
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24, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115478.

115478 Москва, Каширское шоссе, 24.

N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of RussiaФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр онкологии им. Н.Н. Блохина» Минздрава России150720252227330107202501072025Copyright ©; 2025, Alieva S.B., Zaderenko I.A., Chernykh M.V., Fedoseenko D.I.Copyright ©; 2025, Алиева С.Б., Задеренко И.А., Черных М.В., Федосеенко Д.И.2025Alieva S.B., Zaderenko I.A., Chernykh M.V., Fedoseenko D.I.Алиева С.Б., Задеренко И.А., Черных М.В., Федосеенко Д.И.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://stio.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/61

Low-energy laser radiation, having anti-inflammatory, biostimulating and analgesic effects, can be used for the prevention and treatment of radiation erythema of the skin and post-radiation mucositis.

We analyzed publications devoted to the use of laser therapy in patients with head and neck tumors undergoing radiation and chemoradiation therapy.

To date, there are no standardized parameters for the technique of using laser radiation for preventive and therapeutic purposes in case of radiation damage to the skin and mucous membrane. All this requires further study of the parameters of using low-energy laser therapy, both for the treatment of radiation complications in patients with head and neck tumors, and for the prevention of the frequency and severity of early and late radiation injuries.

Низкоэнергетическое лазерное излучение, обладая противовоспалительным, биостимулирующим и обезболивающим эффектами, может быть использовано для профилактики и лечения лучевой эритемы кожи и постлучевого мукозита. Мы проанализировали публикации, посвященные использованию лазерной терапии у пациентов с опухолями головы и шеи, проходящих лучевую и химиолучевую терапию.

На сегодняшний день нет стандартизированных параметров методики использования лазерного излучения с профилактической и лечебной целями при лучевых повреждениях кожи и слизистой оболочки. Необходимо дальнейшее изучение параметров применения низкоэнергетической лазерной терапии как для лечения лучевых осложнений у больных с опухолями головы и шеи, так и для профилактики частоты и выраженности ранних и поздних лучевых повреждений.

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