TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis
T2 - pathobiology, epidemiology and management.
AU - Feller, L.
AU - Essop, R.
AU - Wood, N. H.
AU - Khammissa, R. A.
AU - Chikte, U. M.
AU - Meyerov, R.
AU - Lemmer, J.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Oral mucositis is a debilitating complication of anticancer treatment, characterised by erythematous, atrophic, erosive or ulcerative lesions. Oral mucositis is almost always painful, affects eating, sleeping, and speech and affects the physiological and social well-being of the patient. The pathophysiology of the condition is not well understood. Guidelines to the treatment of oral mucositis are often contradictory so that there is no evidence based standard treatment protocol. Therefore the treatment is empiric. This paper offers a brief review of current knowledge of the pathophysiology and treatment of oral mucositis.
AB - Oral mucositis is a debilitating complication of anticancer treatment, characterised by erythematous, atrophic, erosive or ulcerative lesions. Oral mucositis is almost always painful, affects eating, sleeping, and speech and affects the physiological and social well-being of the patient. The pathophysiology of the condition is not well understood. Guidelines to the treatment of oral mucositis are often contradictory so that there is no evidence based standard treatment protocol. Therefore the treatment is empiric. This paper offers a brief review of current knowledge of the pathophysiology and treatment of oral mucositis.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 21133051
AN - SCOPUS:79952109123
SN - 1029-4864
VL - 65
SP - 372
EP - 374
JO - SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging
JF - SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging
IS - 8
ER -
