# OnCo record zinc-supplements (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/technologies/zinc-supplements/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "zinc-supplements" ;
  schema:name "Zinc supplements for taste changes and mucositis"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Zinc sulfate"@en, "Zinc gluconate"@en ;
  schema:description "Zinc is sometimes taken to protect taste or the mouth lining during radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Studies are mixed: it may reduce how often taste changes start during radiotherapy but does little once they have begun, and it did not prevent mouth sores in head and neck cancer. Doses above 100 mg a day can cause harm."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/zinc-supplements/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/zinc> ;
  onco:status "phase-2" ;
  onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:insufficient" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/magnesium-supplements/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/calcium-supplements/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/nutrition-lifestyle/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/integrative-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dietary-supplements-treatment-interactions/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/glutamine-mucositis-neuropathy/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/> .