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| IBECS (España) | ID: ibc-209795
Background:
This study retrospectively analyzed the risk factors for transchemotherapy oral mucositis (OM).Material and
Methods:
Before each chemotherapy cycle, patients were routinely evaluated for the presence/severity of OM based on the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0 scale for adverse effectsand graded as follows However, specific conditions such as mucositis are graded on a five-point scale 0, absenceof mucositis, grade 1 (Asymptomatic or mild), 2 (Presence of pain and moderate ulceration, without interferencewith food intake), 3 (severe pain with interference with food intake) or 4 (Life-threatening with the need for urgentintervention). Information from 2 years of evaluations was collected and patientmedical records were reviewed toobtain data on chemotherapy cycle, sex, age, body mass index, body surface area, primary tumor, chemotherapyprotocol, and history of head and neckradiotherapy. The X² test and multinomial logistic regression were used forstatistical analysis (SPSS 20.0, p<0.05).