mucositis

Noun

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mucositis (countable and uncountable, plural mucositides)

(biology, medicine) Inflammation of a mucosa (mucous membrane), or of multiple mucosae; as:
A complication of some cancer therapies in which the lining of the digestive system becomes inflamed. Often seen as sores in the mouth.

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Current guidelines suggest that saline solution is just as effective as magic mouthwash in pain relief or shortening of healing time of oral mucositis from cancer therapies. Source: Internet

The incidence of serious diarrhea was reduced from 12% in the BSA-dosed group of patients to 1.7% in the dose-adjusted group, and the incidence of severe mucositis was reduced from 15% to 0.8%. Source: Internet

This results in the most common side-effects of chemotherapy: myelosuppression (decreased production of blood cells, hence also immunosuppression ), mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract), and alopecia (hair loss). Source: Internet

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