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 Treatment of cancer is increasingly more effective but is associated with short
and long term side effects. Oral side effects remain a major source of illness despite the use …

BACKGROUND Oral and gastrointestinal (GI) mucositis can affect up to 100% of patients
undergoing high‐dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, 80% of …

Mucositis induced by antineoplastic drugs is an important, dose-limiting and costly side
effect of cancer therapy. The ulcerative lesions which result are frequent systemic portals of …

Oral mucositis (OM) is a major limiting acute side effect of radiotherapy for head and neck
cancer. The spectrum of problems associated with mucositis includes oral pain …

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

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 …

Background Oral mucositis (OM) due to radiotherapy and systemic therapies in head and
neck cancer treatment represents a major problem causing a wide spectrum of clinical signs …

A multitude of laboratory and clinical research studies of ulcerative oral mucositis induced by
cytotoxic cancer therapies have been reported during the past decade. However, a …

Use of the low-energy helium-neon laser (LEL) appears to be a simple atraumatic technique
for the prevention and treatment of mucositis of various origins. Preliminary findings, and …