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Oral mucositis: the new paradigms.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Mucositis has long been viewed as an unavoidable consequence of high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiation. Management has been directed to supportive care including oral pain control, nutritional support, infection treatment and control of diarrhea. Whereas these interventions have been valuable for clinical management, they have not been collectively directed to molecularly tar...
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Over the past two decades, advances in the supportive care of oncology patients have permitted more aggressive treatment strategies that would otherwise not have been possible. However, the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis (OM) remains a dilemma. The American Cancer Society in 1999 estimated that approximately 400,000 patients annually will experience some type of oral complication as...
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Objective: Oral mucositis is very painful and in severe cases it interferes with the nutrition of patients as well as the daily life of the patient. The only way to treat and prevent mucositis is to identify timely illness, recommend oral hygiene and proper oral mucosal administration. The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire for oral mucositis. Material & Methods: This stud...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Oncology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1040-8746
DOI: 10.1097/cco.0b013e32833a9fab