• Cancer therapy-induced oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients 

      Gussgard, Anne Margrete (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2015-06-17)
      Background: Radiotherapy causes oral mucositis (OM) that is painful and disrupts eating, talking, social activities and general health. OM may even interrupt cancer therapy. Any intervention that can reduce OM will lead to improvement in treatment and quality of life for patients. It is essential to have a suitable tool to measure potentially effective and new treatments against OM. Objective: To ...