Objective: To assess the effectiveness of prophylactic agents for oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment, compared with other potentially active interventions, placebos, or no treatment.

Purpose/Objectives: To introduce the use of a statistical technique known as multilevel growth-curve analysis and illustrate how the method can be advantageous in comparison with traditional repeated measures for the study of trajectories of signs and symptoms in individual patients over time. Data...

On an inpatient oncology unit, mucositis is a recurrent issue with devastating effects on patients. Available interventions were limited, palliative in nature, and ineffective. Evidence-based preventive measures and treatments were needed; as a result, a nurse-driven, patient-centered oral care...

Download the 2014 revision to Putting Evidence Into Practice interventions for oral mucositis for free at https://cjon.ons.org/file/14006/download by Eilers et al., CJON, 18 (6, Suppl.), 80-96. Mucositis, an inflammation of the mucous membranes, is a commonly occurring side effect of chemotherapy...