Oral mucositis /

Oral mucositis /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sonis, Stephen T., author.
Imprint:	London : Springer Healthcare, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 68 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Subject:	Oral mucosa -- Diseases. Cancer -- Treatment -- Complications. Cancer -- Treatment -- Complications. Oral mucosa -- Diseases.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9900291

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ISBN:	9781907673467 (electronic bk.) 1907673466 (electronic bk.) 9781908517630
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013).
Summary:	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.
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-1-907673-46-7

Table of Contents:

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.