Oncology

In current scenario chemotherapies and radiations are prominently used to cure cancer which results in adverse effects. Oral Mucositis is one such adverse effect that results in ulceration in the mouth due to high dosage of chemotherapy. The patients undergoing head and neck cancer chemotherapy are at a high risk of developing oral mucositis with mean incidence of 80-100%. It is estimated that 89.0%-100.0% of the population undergoing head and neck chemotherapy will develop oral mucositis. In addition there are >4M stage 3-4 cancer patients worldwide (>1m in U.S.) that are receiving high doses of CT or a combination of CT/RT that develop OM 1.0%-53.0% of the tim...