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SUBMITTER: Viet CT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4213248 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viet C T CT Corby P M PM Akinwande A A Schmidt B L BL
Journal of dental research 20140618 9
Oral mucositis is a significant problem in cancer patients treated with radiation or chemotherapy, often hindering definitive cancer treatment. For patients with oral mucositis, pain is the most distressing symptom, leading to loss of orofacial function and poor quality of life. While oral mucositis has been well-described, its pathophysiology is poorly understood. Oral health professionals treating patients with mucositis have almost no effective therapies to treat or prevent oral mucositis. Th ...[more]