Radiation-induced oral mucositis (RIOM) is a major dose-limiting toxicity in head and neck
cancer patients. It is a normal tissue injury caused by radiation/radiotherapy (RT), which has …

The term mucositis is coined to describe the adverse effects of radiation and chemotherapy
treatments. Mucositis is one of the most common adverse reactions encountered in radiation …

BACKGROUND Mucositis is a common but poorly studied problem among patients with
solid tumors. The authors examined the clinical and economic outcomes of oral and …

Chemotherapy‐and radiotherapy‐induced oral mucositis represents a therapeutic challenge
frequently encountered in cancer patients. This side effect causes significant morbidity and …

One of the characteristics that distinguish anticancer agents from other drugs is the
frequency and severity of side effects at therapeutic doses. Most cytotoxic drugs target …

Oral mucositis is the most frequent and severe complication of chemotherapy in children
with cancer that can aggravate the child's clinical condition and increase the risk of infection …

The mouth is a frequent site of complications arising from drug or radiation cancer therapy,
with mucositis, xerostomia, osteoradionecrosis, and local infections being the most common …

The first tenet of medicine,“primum non nocere” or “first, do no harm”, is not always
compatible with oncological interventions eg, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and radiation …

BACKGROUND Oral mucositis is the dose‐limiting toxicity for patients receiving concurrent
chemoradiotherapy regimens for tumors of the head and neck area. Currently, the …

Abstract Treatment-related morbidity, and in some cases, mortality, associated with
autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has decreased in the past decade …