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Examination of nursing theses on oral mucositis in children with cancer in Turkey
Problemy PielęgniarstwaOral mucositis is common in children with cancer. Nurses are effective in the management of oral mucositis. For this reason, the study was conducted to examine nursing theses regarding oral mucositis in children with cancer in Turkey.
Şule Çalışır Kundakçı +2 more
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Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2018 To provide an updated perspective on the use of probiotics as adjuvant treatment strategy for patients suffering from or at risk of developing mucositis.Studies suggest that oral and intestinal microbiota could be relevant to mucositis development and treatment, but no clear high-risk pattern has been identified and no single probiotic formulation has ...
Cereda E., Caraccia M., Caccialanza R.
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Oral Oncology, 2010 Mucosal damage is one of the most common adverse effects of radiotherapy and of cytotoxic therapy for cancer. With prevalence between 10% and 100%, depending of the cytotoxic regimen and patient-associated variables, this morbid condition represents a significant problem in oncology. In this paper we address oral mucositis and discuss its pathobiology,
Raber-Durlacher, J.E. +2 more
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Research progress on biomarkers related to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis
口腔疾病防治, 2021 Radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis is a common oral complication in tumor patients undergoing radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, which seriously compromises patients’ quality of life and even affects anti-tumor treatment.
LING Yunxiao, WANG Jiantao, WANG Yan
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Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 2017 Several chemokines have important functions in mucosal immunity. While there are many chemokines, 4 of them (CCL25, CCL28, CXCL14, and CXCL17) are especially important in mucosal immunity because they are homeostatically expressed in mucosal tissues. Of these, only CCL25 and CCL28 have been widely recognized as mucosal chemokines.
Hernández-Ruiz, Marcela +1 more
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BMC Cancer, 2021 Background The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a marker of systemic inflammation that informs clinical decisions regarding recurrence and overall survival in most epithelial cancers.
Yumiko Kawashita +5 more
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Jurnal Keperawatan, 2020 Chemotherapy shows high effectiveness, but also has side effects, including mucositis. Mucositis can cause pain, difficulty sleeping, eating disorders, mood, and activity, which has implications for the quality of life of children.
Sri Hendrawati +3 more
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, 2022 Mucositis is a generalized term used to denote either oral or gastrointestinal mucositis as a consequence of cancer therapy. This chapter will describe the epidemiology of mucositis in relation to radiation therapy for head and neck cancers, chemotherapy,
Abdalla-Aslan, Ragda +8 more
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Oral mucositis: the hidden side of cancer therapy
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2020 Inflammation response of epithelial mucosa to chemo- radiotherapy cytotoxic effects leads to mucositis, a painful side effect of antineoplastic treatments.
Claudio Pulito +6 more
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Actual duration of patient-reported mucositis: Far longer than 2 to 4 weeks and may be avoidable altogether [PDF]
Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2016 The impression that oral mucositis is a brief 14–28 day-consequence of chemoradiation is misguided. Clinically significant patient-reported oral mucositis may last 46 to 102 days depending on the treatment schedule and the modality used.
Ricky Wayne McCullough
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