Doxepin for radiation therapy-induced mucositis pain in the treatment of oral cancers

• Main Authors: Ritujith Jayakrishnan (Author), Kenneth Chang (Author), Gamze Ugurluer (Author), Robert C. Miller (Author), Terence T. Sio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Radiotherapy (RT), an integral part of the oncologic treatment for patients with head and neck cancer, can cause adverse side effects such as oral mucositis (OM). Pain from OM can impact a patient's quality of life and interrupt RT treatment schedules, which decreases the probability for achiev...