Purpose Radiation-induced fibrosis (RIF) is a long-term side effect of external beam
radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer. It results in a multitude of symptoms that …

Oral and gastrointestinal mucositis is a toxicity of many forms of radiotherapy and
chemotherapy. It has a significant impact on health, quality of life and economic outcomes …

Purpose: To study the risk, outcomes, and costs of radiation-induced oral mucositis (OM)
among patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) to head and neck primary cancers. Methods and …

Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Select
appropriate multidisciplinary treatment regimens and cytoprotection for clinical trials for …

A dry mouth or xerostomia is one of the most common complications during and after
radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, because irreparable damage is caused to the …

Oral mucositis is a common toxicity associated with both antineoplastic head and neck
radiation and chemotherapy. In addition to exacting a terrible symptomatic toll, mucositis is …

Mucositis and xerostomia are the most common oral complications of the non‐surgical
therapy of cancer. Mucositis, a common sequel of radio‐(DXR), chemo‐(CXR) and …

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy, whilst highly effective in the treatment of neoplasia, can
also cause damage to healthy tissue. In particular, the alimentary tract may be badly …

The aim of these meta-analyses was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for the
prevention of oral mucositis in cancer patients treated with head and neck radiotherapy …

Oral Diseases (2011) 17, 550–559 While treatment for cancer in terms of chemotherapy and
radiation therapy have evolved significantly since their inception, both of these cancer …