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In the cancer setting, honey may be used for radiation-induced mucositis, radiotherapy-induced skin reactions, hand and foot skin reactions in chemotherapy patients and for oral cavity and external surgical wounds.

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They received three dose level simultaneous integrated boost IMRT, 62.5 Gy in 25 daily fractions to planning target volume one over fi ve weeks with synchronous cetuximab. The primary endpoint was acute toxicity. Secondary endpoints included: late toxicity and quality of life; loco-regional control, cause-specifi c and overall survival.Results. Radiotherapy was completed by 26/27 patients; for one (4%) the fi nal fraction was omitted due to skin toxicity. All cycles of cetuximab were received by 23/27 patients. Grade 3 acute toxicities included: pain (81%), oral mucositis (78%) and dysphagia (41%). There were few grade 3 physician-recorded late toxicities, including: pain (11%), problems with teeth (8%) and weight loss (4%). At 12 months, only one (4%) patient required a feeding tube, inserted prior to treatment due to dysphagia. The maximal/peak rates of patient-reported late toxicities included: severe pain (11%), any dry mouth (89%) and swallowing dysfunction that required a soft/liquid diet (23%). At 12 months, all quality of life and most symptoms mean scores had resolved to baseline or were only a little worse; dry mouth, sticky saliva and dentition scores remained very much worse. At a median follow-up of 47 months, there were fi ve (18.5%) loco-regional recurrences and the overall cause-specifi c survival was 79% (95% CI 53 -92).Conclusions. This regimen is safe with acceptable acute toxicity, low rates of late toxicity and impact on quality of life at 12 months following treatment. Further evaluation is recommended.

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