Antimicrobial therapy to prevent or treat oral mucositis

JP Donnelly, LA Bellm, JB Epstein, ST Sonis… - The Lancet infectious …, 2003 - thelancet.com
Oral mucositis represents a significant source of morbidity after chemotherapy and radiation
therapy. Since infection may have an important role in the pathophysiology of oral mucositis …

Chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis: prevention and management

JJ Knox, ALV Puodziunas, R Feld - Drugs & aging, 2000 - Springer
Oral mucositis is a frequent and potentially severe complication of chemotherapy which has
a considerable impact on patient quality of life. While the management of other …

Cancer therapy and oral mucositis: an appraisal of drug prophylaxis

CJ Verdi - Drug safety, 1993 - Springer
Oral mucositis as a consequence of cytotoxic therapy is a major cause of morbidity in cancer
patients. Cancer therapy-induced tissue damage leading to mucositis can occur through …

Interventions for the Prevention of oral mucositis in patients receiving Cancer Treatment: evidence from Randomised controlled trials

G Colella, CE Boschetti, R Vitagliano, C Colella… - Current …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oral mucositis is a common and most debilitating complication associated with cancer
therapy. Despite the significant clinical and economic impact of this condition, there is little to …

Oral mucositis: a challenging complication of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and radiochemotherapy: part 1, pathogenesis and prophylaxis of mucositis

C Scully, J Epstein, S Sonis - Head & Neck: Journal for the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Oral mucositis is a common sequel of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and
radiochemotherapy in patients with cancer or patients requiring hemopoietic stem cell …

Antimicrobials, mucosal coating agents, anesthetics, analgesics, and nutritional supplements for alimentary tract mucositis

A Barasch, S Elad, A Altman, K Damato… - Supportive care in …, 2006 - Springer
This review focuses on the value of several groups of agents for the prevention and
treatment of mucositis. The review refers to alimentary mucositis as a generalized term that …

Chemotherapy protocols and incidence of oral mucositis. An integrative review

M Curra, LAV Soares, MD Martins, PSS Santos - Einstein (Sao Paulo), 2018 - SciELO Brasil
This review aimed to analyze the scientific production on severity of oral mucositis as an
adverse effect of chemotherapy. To this end, we performed a search at PubMed databases …

Management of cancer therapy‐induced oral mucositis

A Barasch, JB Epstein - Dermatologic therapy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The oral mucosa is a common site for collateral damage of cancer therapies, including
radiation, cytotoxic medication, and newer targeted therapies. Ulcerative oral mucositis is …

Research controversies in management of oral mucositis

P Biron, C Sebban, R Gourmet, G Chvetzoff… - Supportive care in …, 2000 - Springer
The management of mucositis is the subject of many controversies, and the optimal
treatment is still not known. Several evaluation scoring systems have been described, but no …

Cancer treatment-induced oral mucositis: a critical review

A Rodríguez-Caballero, D Torres-Lagares… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Head and neck cancer represents one of the main oncological problems. Its treatment,
radiotherapy and chemotherapy leads to mucositis, and other side effects. The authors …