[Table/Fig-3]:

Details of studies included in the review and dosages of vitamins used in treatment of oral mucositis during cancer treatment.

Type of Treatment	Study	Vitamin	Sex	Age	Number Of Patients	Topical	Systemic	Grading Scale
Chemo-therapy	Wadleigh RG et al., [9]	E	Not available	53-67 yrs	18	1 ml of vit E oil, 400 mg/ml, twice a day for five days	_	WHO
	Azza A EI et al., [10]	E	Not available	< 12 yrs	63	100 IU capsule to be emptied into oral cavity twice daily and followed for five days	100 IU soft gel capsule to be swallowed twice daily and followed for five days	WHO
	Arash AS et al., [11]	E	Male: 41 Female: 35	≥ 18 yrs	76	I gm of vit E paste to be applied twice daily, two days before the treatment till at least 20 days after completion of each cycle	200 mg of pills to be taken twice daily, two days before the treatment till at least 20 days after completion of cycle	WHO
Radiot-herapy	Ferreira PR et al., [14]	E	Male: 48 Female:6	Mean age 53.5 yrs	54	_	400 mg vit E for five days twice daily. Rinse for five minutes and then swallow.	EORTC/ RTOG
HSCT	Ghoreshi Z et al., [15]	E	Male: 28 Female :32	≥10 yrs, Mean age 27 yrs	60	_	400 mg twice daily at seven days before BMT until 28 days after BMT	NCI-CTC
	Thornley I et al., [16]	E	Not available	Mean age 8 yrs	168	_	8 IU/Kg once daily if body weight<25 kg 400 IU/Kg once daily if body weight>25 kg. 3-5 days before conditioning and continued through day 27 after transplantation or discharge from HSCT unit, whichever occurred first.	NCI-CTC
	Cohen G et al., [17]	A	Male: 7 Female: 4	Mean age 34.8±9.8 yrs	11	Twice daily 0.25 mg of 0.1% tretinoin ointment. Duration was from the beginning of BMT conditioning regimen until day +21 post BMT.	_	SETO et al.