Oral mucositis: recent perspectives on prevention and treatment

• Main Authors: Paulo Sérgio da Silva Santos (Author), Ana Cristina Messaggi (Author), Andrea Mantesso (Author), Marina Helena Cury Gallotini de Magalhães (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Oral mucositis is a result of toxicity and one of the most common side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cancer treatment and in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Clinically these changes are characterized by epithelial atrophy, edema, erythema and the appearance of ulcerations that...