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The term "mucositis" was introduced to describe inflammation of the oral mucosa induced by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. At present, oral mucositis is considered to be the most serious non-hematological complication of cancer treatment.
Numerous predisposing factors
The blind randomized clinical trial included 18 young patients, between 3 and 16 years old, undergoing chemotherapy or chemo/radiological the pediatric ward of Aldenora Bello Hospital in São Luís (Maranhão, Brazil). The study was conducted from October/2014 to January/2015. It was adopted as
Infusions with high-dose methotrexate 5 g/m2 or 8 g/m2 are according to the protocol of the Nordic Association for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 2000 (NOPHO-2000) used to treat children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Treatment with methotrexate 5 g/m2 is also used to treat children