Background Although great achievements have been made in the field of cancer therapy,
chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain the mainstay cancer therapeutic modalities …

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 …

The history of mucositis is as old as radiation-and chemotherapy. Despite being regularly
reported and documented as one of the worst side effects of cancer therapy, relatively little …

Oral mucositis is a clinically important and sometimes dose-limiting complication of cancer
therapy. Mucositis lesions can be painful, affect nutrition and quality of life, and have a …

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 induced by conventional cytotoxic cancer therapies is a common and
significant clinical problem in oncology. Mucositis symptoms, which include severe pain …

Evidence has emerged in the last two decades that at the molecular level most chronic
diseases, including cancer, are caused by a dysregulated inflammatory response. The …

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 …

Mucositis is one of the most common debilitating side effects related to chemotherapy (CT),
radiation therapy (RT), targeted agents and immunotherapy. It is a complex process …