Research progress of oral mucositis during the treatment of tumor / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

During the treatment of tumor,especially in head and neck cancer,oral mucositis is one of the common complications. The incidence of oral mucositis have relations with chemotherapy,targeted therapy,radiotherapy dose,radiotherapy technology and risk factors of patient. Severe oral mucositis may bring about treatment interrupted,decrease of tumor control rate,affect quality of life and so on. In general, what is very important during the treatment of tumor is to explore the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis.