Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis

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Autor(a) principal: Chaudhry, Sharjeel
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Ehtesham, Zarmina
Tipo de documento: preprint
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/5817
Resumo: More than 75% of those receiving chemotherapy will experience oral mucositis, which is a major problem for both patients and carers. Lesions form in the digestive tract when chemotherapy drugs attack the rapidly dividing cells there. Tissue alterations might range from being completely painless to so severe as to cause bleeding, prevent oral intake, and need narcotic pain medications. Chemotherapy treatment is often postponed when oral mucositis is present. To better clearly categorise the symptoms linked with this condition, many assessment scores have been devised. Very few pharmaceutical therapies for oral mucositis, either to prevent its onset or to alleviate its symptoms, have been approved. Given the advancements in other areas of supportive care for chemotherapy patients, research into oral mucositis should be prioritised. This review will provide the management of oral mucositis in patients with cancer.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
title Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
spellingShingle Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
Chaudhry, Sharjeel
Oral mucositis
Chemotherapy
Infection
title_short Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
title_full Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
title_fullStr Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
title_full_unstemmed Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
title_sort Treatment Options for Cancer Patients Suffering from Oral Mucositis
author Chaudhry, Sharjeel
author_facet Chaudhry, Sharjeel
Ehtesham, Zarmina
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Ehtesham, Zarmina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Oral mucositis
Chemotherapy
Infection
topic Oral mucositis
Chemotherapy
Infection
description More than 75% of those receiving chemotherapy will experience oral mucositis, which is a major problem for both patients and carers. Lesions form in the digestive tract when chemotherapy drugs attack the rapidly dividing cells there. Tissue alterations might range from being completely painless to so severe as to cause bleeding, prevent oral intake, and need narcotic pain medications. Chemotherapy treatment is often postponed when oral mucositis is present. To better clearly categorise the symptoms linked with this condition, many assessment scores have been devised. Very few pharmaceutical therapies for oral mucositis, either to prevent its onset or to alleviate its symptoms, have been approved. Given the advancements in other areas of supportive care for chemotherapy patients, research into oral mucositis should be prioritised. This review will provide the management of oral mucositis in patients with cancer.
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