Oral mucositis (OM) is a common, highly symptomatic complication of cancer therapy that
affects patients' function, quality of life, and ability to tolerate treatment. In certain patients …

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 …

Abstract Of the~ 129,079 new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and 72,987
associated deaths estimated for 2018, the majority will be geographically localized to South …

Oral mucositis is a common complication of cancer treatment that may negatively impact the
patient's cancer treatment outcome. Despite its frequency and consequences, the lack of …

Aim The ulcerative phase of oral mucositis following radiotherapy/chemotherapy for oral
cancer colonizes bacteria, fungi and viruses. The role of a microbiota, specifically bacterial …

Chemotherapy kills fast-growing cells including gut stem cells. This affects all components of
the physical and functional intestinal barrier, ie, the mucus layer, epithelium, and immune …

Oral mucositis is a toxic side effect of non-surgical cancer treatments: chemotherapy and
radiotherapy, which strongly impair quality of life and can not only cause strong pain, but …

Cancer, a major world public health problem, is associated with chemotherapy treatments
whose administration leads to secondary concerns, such as oral mucositis (OM). The OM …

Background Considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the biological
basis for cancer therapy-induced mucosal barrier injury (mucositis). The last formal review of …

Oral mucositis is a common side-effect associated with conventional cancer therapy and has
also recently been reported in association with newly emerging cancer therapies. It is …