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Oral Candida spp. Colonisation Is a Risk Factor for Severe Oral Mucositis in Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy for Head & Neck Cancer: Results from a Multidisciplinary Mono-Institutional Prospective Observational Study

SIMPLE SUMMARY: This study aims to find a correlation between Candida spp. oral colonisation prior to radiotherapy and (i) the development of severe oral mucositis (OM) (grade 3/4) and (ii) early development of severe OM (EOM). Candida spp. in the oral cavity appears to be a predictive factor of EOM...

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Autores principales: Rupe, Cosimo, Gioco, Gioele, Almadori, Giovanni, Galli, Jacopo, Micciché, Francesco, Olivieri, Michela, Cordaro, Massimo, Lajolo, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36230669
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14194746