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 is one of the most common side effects of cancer treatment (chemotherapy
and/or radiotherapy). It is an inflammatory process that affects the mucosa of the oral cavity …

Cancer chemotherapy has evolved from a few therapeutic agents in three drug classes to
more than 50 drugs in over ten drug classes. With generally cytotoxic mechanisms of action …

Purpose The aim of this systematic review was to analyze the available literature and define
clinical practice guidelines for the use of the following agents for the prevention and …

Purpose The aim of this systematic review was to update the clinical practice guidelines for
the use of anti-inflammatory agents in the prevention and/or treatment of oral mucositis …

Purpose Mucositis is severely painful and often reported as one of the most distressing
adverse effects of cancer therapy; it is a significant threat to quality of life as well as life itself …

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 …

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 …

Results The search identified 202 articles, of which 71 studies had useable data comprising
5217 patients. Of the 29 interventions included in the trials, 10 studies showed some …

Eight different databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, Currents Contents, EMBASE, PsycLIT,
Cochrane Library, Cancerlit, Iowa drug information service) were searched and dates are …