Prevention and Treatment of Mucositis in Oncology Outpatient Clinics

With the ageing of the population, improvements in health promotion and the intense process of urbanization, infectious diseases have been replaced by diseases such as malignant neoplasms. As a treatment for malignant neoplasms, antineoplastic chemotherapy is still a widely used form of treatment, generally causing a range of unpleasant side effects, such as oral mucositis. The content of this book deals with the production of a protocol for the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis with the aim of contributing to a higher quality of care, reducing the institution's costs, and standardizing the actions of the multi-professional team during the period of treatment of the cancer client undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy.

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Lívia Dantas Lopes: Máster en Enfermería - Universidad Federal de Ceará (UFC), Brasil. Maysa Mayran Chaves Moreira: Enfermera especialista en Cancerología - Escola de Saúde Pública/ Instituto do Câncer do Ceará (ESP/ICC), Brasil. Andrea Bezerra Rodrigues: Doctora en Enfermería - Universidad de São Paulo (USP), Brasil.