Oral temperature changes in head and neck cancer patients predicts side effect severity
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Slight temperature increases of the oral mucus membranes early in a head and neck cancer patient's chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiotherapy) treatment is a predictor of severe mucositis later in treatment, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.