Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

oral mucositis, OM, hairy tongue, chemotherapy complications, ulceration of the oral mucosa, ulcers in the mouth, alpha-hemolytic streptococcal infection, viridans streptococci, septicemia, leukoedema, atrophy of the mucosa, chemotherapy-related oral ulcers, ulcerative OM, ulcerative oral mucositis, HSV infection

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Nathaniel S Treister, DMD, DMSc, Assistant Professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Consulting Staff, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine And Dentistry, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Nathaniel S Treister, DMD, DMSc is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Oral Medicine and American Dental Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Sook-Bin Woo, DMD, MS, BDS, MMSc, Associate Professor, Chief, Division of Oral Medicine, Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Services, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Consulting Staff, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center
Sook-Bin Woo, DMD, MS, BDS, MMSc is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, American Academy of Oral Medicine, and American Dental Association
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Medical Editor

Ponciano D Cruz Jr, MD, Vice-Chair, JB Shelmire Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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David F Butler, MD, Professor of Dermatology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine; Chair, Department of Dermatology, Director, Dermatology Residency Training Program, Scott and White Clinic
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Drore Eisen, MD, DDS, Consulting Staff, Department of Dermatology, Dermatology Research Associates of Cincinnati
Drore Eisen, MD, DDS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Academy of Oral Medicine, and American Dental Association
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CME Editor

Glen H Crawford, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Dermatology, The Pennsylvania Hospital
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Dirk M Elston, MD, Director, Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center
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