The state-of-the-art development in research on oral mucositis induced by chemotherapy
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2018.08.015
- VernacularTitle: 化疗性口炎的研究现状及进展
- Author:
Shuya TANG
1
;
Yilong HAO
1
;
Xin ZENG
1
;
Qianming CHEN
1
Author Information
1. Department of Oral Medicine, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chengdu 610041, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols;
Oral mucositis;
Treatment;
Prevention
- From:Chinese Journal of Stomatology
2018;53(8):566-571
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Chemotherapy is one of the effective methods to treat cancer. However, the chemotherapy agents may cause a series of adverse reactions due to the nonselective characteristics that affect not only tumor cells, but also normal cells. Oral mucositis induced by chemotherapy is a common oral complication caused by chemotherapy in clinic. It brings great suffering to the patients and also interferes with the procedure of chemotherapy. Because of its high incidence in patients receiving chemotherapy and the significant influence, there are more researches on oral mucositis induced by chemotherapy which let us have further understanding of it. This review article will introduce the pathogenesis, risk factors, clinical manifestations, assessments, treatment and prevention of oral mucositis induced by chemotherapy.
