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Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Head/Neck Radiation (PDQ®)

Health Professional Version
Last Modified: 11/04/2011

Changes to This Summary (11/04/2011)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Oral Mucositis 1

Added text 2 to state that a single dose of palifermin prevented severe oral mucositis in patients who had sarcoma and were receiving doxorubicin-based chemotherapy (cited Vadhan-Raj et al. as reference 31).

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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/oralcomplications/HealthP
rofessional/Page5#Section_337
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/oralcomplications/HealthP
rofessional/Page5#Section_364