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Springer Oral Mucositis 2013 Edition by Stephen T Sonis
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. Table of 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.