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Oral Mucositis [electronic resource] / by Stephen T Sonis.

By: Sonis, Stephen T [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2012Description: VII, 68 p. 48 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781907673467.Subject(s): Medicine | Oncology | Medicine & Public Health | Oncology | PharmacotherapyDDC classification: 616.994 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- The pathobiology of oral mucositis -- The epidemiology and risk assessment of mucositis -- Health and economic consequences of mucositis -- The elements of examination of the oral cavity -- A comparison and assessment of scoring scales for mucositis -- Patient-reported outcomes -- Non mucositis mouth lesions in patients being treated for cancer -- Current approaches to the management of oral mucositis.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Treatment tolerance is a challenge for most cancer patients, and it is therefore essential that healthcare professionals (HCP) are quick to recognize adverse events and implement management strategies to address them. This pocket book provides an in-depth guide to the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of oral mucositis, a common adverse event of chemotherapy.
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Introduction -- The pathobiology of oral mucositis -- The epidemiology and risk assessment of mucositis -- Health and economic consequences of mucositis -- The elements of examination of the oral cavity -- A comparison and assessment of scoring scales for mucositis -- Patient-reported outcomes -- Non mucositis mouth lesions in patients being treated for cancer -- Current approaches to the management of oral mucositis.

Treatment tolerance is a challenge for most cancer patients, and it is therefore essential that healthcare professionals (HCP) are quick to recognize adverse events and implement management strategies to address them. This pocket book provides an in-depth guide to the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of oral mucositis, a common adverse event of chemotherapy.

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