作者
Stephen T Sonis, Linda S Elting, Dorothy Keefe, Douglas E Peterson, Mark Schubert, Martin Hauer‐Jensen, B Nebiyou Bekele, Judith Raber‐Durlacher, J Peter Donnelly, Edward B Rubenstein
发表日期
2004/5/1
来源
Cancer: Interdisciplinary International Journal of the American Cancer Society
卷号
100
期号
S9
页码范围
1995-2025
出版商
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
简介
BACKGROUND
A frequent complication of anticancer treatment, oral and gastrointestinal (GI) mucositis, threatens the effectiveness of therapy because it leads to dose reductions, increases healthcare costs, and impairs patients' quality of life. The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and the International Society for Oral Oncology assembled an international multidisciplinary panel of experts to create clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of mucositis.
METHODS
The panelists examined medical literature published from January 1966 through May 2002, presented their findings at two separate conferences, and then created a writing committee that produced two articles: the current study and another that codifies the clinical implications of the panel's findings in practice guidelines.
RESULTS
New evidence supports the view that oral mucositis is a complex …
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