Title

Management of Oral Mucositis in Patients with Cancer

Authors

Rajesh V. Lalla, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dentistry
Douglas E. Peterson, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dentistry

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Oral Biology and Oral Pathology

Abstract

Oral mucositis refers to erythematous and ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa observed in patients with cancer being treated with chemotherapy, and/or with radiation therapy to fields involving the oral cavity. Lesions of oral mucositis are often very painful and compromise nutrition and oral hygiene as well as increase risk for local and systemic infection. Mucositis can also involve other areas of the alimentary tract; for example, gastrointestinal (GI) mucositis can manifest as diarrhea. Thus, mucositis is a highly significant and sometimes dose-limiting complication of cancer therapy.

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Comments

Dent Clin North Am. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 January 1. Published in final edited form as: Dent Clin North Am. 2008 January; 52(1): 61–viii. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2007.10.002 PMCID: PMC2266835 NIHMSID: NIHMS38513

Recommended Citation

Lalla, Rajesh V. and Peterson, Douglas E., "Management of Oral Mucositis in Patients with Cancer" (2008). UCHC Articles - Research. 181.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/uchcres_articles/181