TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sonis,Stephen T.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Oral Mucositis
SN  - 9781907673467
AV  - RC254-282 
U1  - 616.994 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Tarporley
PB  - Springer Healthcare Ltd., Imprint: Springer Healthcare
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Oncology
KW  - Pharmacotherapy
KW  - Medicine & Public Health
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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ER  -