Evaluation of patient management of (radio-)chemotherapy-caused mucositis with the goal of enhancing patient treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

OM is a very relevant and sometimes therapy-limiting side effect of CT/RCT. There are prophylactic and therapeutic measures available that should be recommended to all patients. This study investigated how patients were informed about oral mucositis (OM) as possible side effect of CT/RCT, how well they knew about available prophylactic and therapeutic measures from the clinical guidelines and to what extent they applied these.

Methods

A standardized questionnaire on information and usage of prophylactic and therapeutic measures and patient-relevant outcomes based on the German S3 Guideline was distributed among patients in German cancer departments.

Results

Only 61.6% of 114 patients were informed about OM as possible side effect by their physician and 53.2% h

SUBMITTER: Wolff H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12241179 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature