Will your patients suffer from oral mucositis?
Oral mucositis is a common, debilitating side effect of cancer
therapy.
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Patient: Female
Age: 63
Diagnosis: Colorectal cancer
Treatment: 5FU containing regimen
Patient Background: Previously in good
health
Development of oral mucositis:
Cycle 1: no oral mucositis
Cycle 2: mild inflammation
Cycle 3: severe oral mucositis, requirement for
opioids
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Patient: Male
Age: 59
Diagnosis: Tongue cancer
Treatment: Combined radiation and
chemotherapy
Patient Background: Smoker, high alcohol
intake, poor oral hygiene
Development of oral mucositis: 6 weeks
intensity-modulated radiation therapy, severe oral mucositis in
week 3, unable to eat and drink, requirement for parenteral feeding
and opioids
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Patient: Female
Age: 51
Diagnosis: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(ALL)
Treatment: Conditioning chemotherapy
(methotrexate) prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplant
(HSCT)
Patient Background: Previously in good
health
Development of oral mucositis: Redness and
ulceration of the oral mucosa and development of septicemia 4 days
after receiving chemotherapy
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Patient Testimonials of oral mucositis:
Julie, 51, leukemia patient31
" I developed these really painful ulcers all over my mouth and
throat. They were worse than having cancer, worse than the nausea
and hair loss, worse than the transplant. I couldn't eat or drink
for weeks because swallowing was agony; I could barely talk
and needed huge doses of morphine for the pain."
Nadine, 56, breast cancer
patient32
"The pain I suffered from this mouth problem was much worse than
the complete mastectomy."