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 …

Patients undergoing radiation therapy for the head and neck are susceptible to a significant
and often abrupt deterioration in their oral health. The oral morbidities of radiation therapy …

Despite the enthusiasm surrounding novel targeted agents and immunotherapies,
chemotherapy remains the mainstay treatment for most human malignancies, either alone or …

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 …

Background Gastrointestinal mucosal injury (mucositis), commonly affecting the oral cavity,
is a clinically significant yet incompletely understood complication of cancer chemotherapy …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Oral complications resulting from cancer and cancer
therapies cause acute and late toxicities that may be underreported, underrecognized, and …

Mucositis is a common complication of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted agents. It
often affects compliance to anticancer therapies as it frequently causes schedule delays …

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 …

BACKGROUND A frequent complication of anticancer treatment, oral and gastrointestinal
(GI) mucositis, threatens the effectiveness of therapy because it leads to dose reductions …

In addition to anti-tumor effects, ionizing radiation causes damage in normal tissues located
in the radiation portals. Oral complications of radiotherapy in the head and neck region are …