Catalog

Oral mucositis due to radiotherapy

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Link to WHO Definition

Oral mucositis due to radiotherapy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2015132256

This is the painful inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes lining the digestive tract, usually as an adverse effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for cancer, due to the use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells.