Peterson, D.E., Bensadoun, R.J., & Roila, F. (2011). Management of oral and gastrointestinal mucositis: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines. Annals of Oncology, 22(Suppl 6), vi78–vi84.
To summarize the oral and gastrointestinal mucositis guidelines developed by the Mucositis Study Group of Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)/International Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO) for patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy, standard-dose chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and combination chemotherapy/radiation therapy
The resource type is guidelines. The process of development was not explained.
Patients were undergoing the active treatment phase of care.
This study has clinical applicability for the following.
This report contains few changes compared to previous versions published in 2008 and 2010. The oral mucositis (OM) guidelines are as follows.
Other recommendations are listed in the article for gastrointestinal mucositis prevention and treatment.