Oral mucositis (OM) is one of the most impacting oral complications negatively affecting the quality of life of cancer patients being treated with high-dose chemotherapy and radiation of the head and neck. It is an acute adverse effect that can be devastating and could affect cancer prognosis. ...
Jeannie Woith, BSN, RN, LMT, The James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University, discusses the treatment of oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer.Jeannie Woith, BSN, RN, LMT, The James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University, discusses the treatment of ora...
Complications of cancer therapy depend on the type of malignancy and location, the treatment modality used (ie, agents, sequencing, rate of delivery, dosage), and host factors. For example, the severity of oral mucositis following radiation therapy depends on the ionizing radiation used, the rate...
Oral mucositis is a debilitating and dose limiting side effect of oncotherapy in cancer patients. Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is a promising new intervention for the treatment of oral mucositis. Aims and OBJECTIVES: 1. perform a systematic review of available litera-ture on the therapeutic eff...
Effectiveness of Honey on Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis Among Patients with Head and Neck Malignancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis While radiotherapy remains the cornerstone of head and neck cancer treatment, oral mucositis is a very serious side effect, especially grade III/IV oral mu...
Mucositis is an important adverse effect of cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to identify the efficacy of cryotherapy on oral mucositis prevention among patients with head and neck cancers who undergoing radiotherapy. Subjects and Methods: quasi-experimental design was ...
Clarkson J E, Worthington H V, Furness S, McCabe M, Khalid T, Meyer S . Interventions for treating oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment.Cochrane Database Syst Rev2010; CD001973. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001973.pub4. ...
This trial randomized patients to receive oral cryotherapy foreither 30 or 60 minutes. A total of 178 evaluable patients were studied. Theincidence of mucositis was virtually identical in each treatment arm,demonstrating that a longer duration of oral cryotherapy did not provideadditional benefit.[3]...
Cancer patients treated with cancer chemotherapeutic agents often suffer from oral mucositis (OM). The effect of atorvastatin (ATV) on OM induced by the administration of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) to hamsters was previously investigated. OM was induced in the hamsters by repetitive intraperitoneal inject...
Both neutropenia and oral mucositis significantly increase the risk for infectious complications during chemotherapy in these patients. Haematologic patients subjected to high-dose chemotherapy are routinely screened for oral foci of infection before starting intensive treatment, as oral foci of infection may...