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Gastrointestinal mucositis

MedGen UID:
636691
Concept ID:
C0521585
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Gastrointestinal Mucositis; gastrointestinal mucositis; gastrointestinal system mucosa inflammation; gastrointestinal system mucosaitis; inflammation of gastrointestinal system mucosa; Mucositis; mucositis
SNOMED CT: Gastrointestinal mucositis (95518006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000888

Definition

Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the gastrointestinal tract. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Elad S, Cheng KKF, Lalla RV, Yarom N, Hong C, Logan RM, Bowen J, Gibson R, Saunders DP, Zadik Y, Ariyawardana A, Correa ME, Ranna V, Bossi P; Mucositis Guidelines Leadership Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Cancer 2020 Oct 1;126(19):4423-4431. Epub 2020 Jul 28 doi: 10.1002/cncr.33100. PMID: 32786044Free PMC Article
Bowen JM, Wardill HR
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2017 Dec;11(4):341-346. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000310. PMID: 28984677
Lalla RV, Bowen J, Barasch A, Elting L, Epstein J, Keefe DM, McGuire DB, Migliorati C, Nicolatou-Galitis O, Peterson DE, Raber-Durlacher JE, Sonis ST, Elad S; Mucositis Guidelines Leadership Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Cancer 2014 May 15;120(10):1453-61. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1002/cncr.28592. PMID: 24615748Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Elad S, Cheng KKF, Lalla RV, Yarom N, Hong C, Logan RM, Bowen J, Gibson R, Saunders DP, Zadik Y, Ariyawardana A, Correa ME, Ranna V, Bossi P; Mucositis Guidelines Leadership Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Cancer 2020 Oct 1;126(19):4423-4431. Epub 2020 Jul 28 doi: 10.1002/cncr.33100. PMID: 32786044Free PMC Article
Arends J
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2018 Jun;12(2):168-173. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000345. PMID: 29608464
Kuiken NSS, Rings EHHM, Blijlevens NMA, Tissing WJE
Support Care Cancer 2017 Sep;25(9):2933-2941. Epub 2017 May 24 doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3752-2. PMID: 28536886Free PMC Article
Kuiken NS, Rings EH, Tissing WJ
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2015 Apr;94(1):87-97. Epub 2014 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.12.009. PMID: 25560731
Lalla RV, Bowen J, Barasch A, Elting L, Epstein J, Keefe DM, McGuire DB, Migliorati C, Nicolatou-Galitis O, Peterson DE, Raber-Durlacher JE, Sonis ST, Elad S; Mucositis Guidelines Leadership Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Cancer 2014 May 15;120(10):1453-61. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1002/cncr.28592. PMID: 24615748Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Yixia Y, Sripetchwandee J, Chattipakorn N, Chattipakorn SC
Anaerobe 2021 Apr;68:102361. Epub 2021 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102361. PMID: 33781900
Arends J
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2018 Jun;12(2):168-173. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000345. PMID: 29608464
Kuiken NSS, Rings EHHM, Blijlevens NMA, Tissing WJE
Support Care Cancer 2017 Sep;25(9):2933-2941. Epub 2017 May 24 doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3752-2. PMID: 28536886Free PMC Article
Kuiken NS, Rings EH, Tissing WJ
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2015 Apr;94(1):87-97. Epub 2014 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.12.009. PMID: 25560731
Keefe DM, Gibson RJ, Hauer-Jensen M
Semin Oncol Nurs 2004 Feb;20(1):38-47. doi: 10.1053/j.soncn.2003.10.007. PMID: 15038516

Therapy

Sylvester CL, Anderson PH, Stringer AM
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2020 Jun;14(2):142-152. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000500. PMID: 32332213
Arends J
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2018 Jun;12(2):168-173. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000345. PMID: 29608464
Kuiken NS, Rings EH, Tissing WJ
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2015 Apr;94(1):87-97. Epub 2014 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.12.009. PMID: 25560731
Lalla RV, Bowen J, Barasch A, Elting L, Epstein J, Keefe DM, McGuire DB, Migliorati C, Nicolatou-Galitis O, Peterson DE, Raber-Durlacher JE, Sonis ST, Elad S; Mucositis Guidelines Leadership Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Cancer 2014 May 15;120(10):1453-61. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1002/cncr.28592. PMID: 24615748Free PMC Article
Keefe DM, Gibson RJ, Hauer-Jensen M
Semin Oncol Nurs 2004 Feb;20(1):38-47. doi: 10.1053/j.soncn.2003.10.007. PMID: 15038516

Prognosis

Liu J, Liu C, Yue J
Radiat Oncol 2021 Jan 13;16(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13014-020-01735-9. PMID: 33436010Free PMC Article
Eduardo FP, Bezinelli LM, Gobbi MF, Pereira AZ, Vogel C, Hamerschlak N, Corrêa L
Nutr Cancer 2018 Feb-Mar;70(2):241-248. Epub 2017 Dec 26 doi: 10.1080/01635581.2018.1412476. PMID: 29278934
Kuiken NSS, Rings EHHM, Blijlevens NMA, Tissing WJE
Support Care Cancer 2017 Sep;25(9):2933-2941. Epub 2017 May 24 doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3752-2. PMID: 28536886Free PMC Article
Kuiken NS, Rings EH, Tissing WJ
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2015 Apr;94(1):87-97. Epub 2014 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.12.009. PMID: 25560731
Lalla RV
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015 Feb;9(2):127-8. Epub 2014 Oct 1 doi: 10.1586/17474124.2015.965146. PMID: 25270956

Clinical prediction guides

Wong SP, Tan SM, Lee CS, Law KB, Lim YAL, Rajasuriar R
Support Care Cancer 2023 Jul 27;31(8):494. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-07947-5. PMID: 37498423
Huang J, Hwang AYM, Jia Y, Kim B, Iskandar M, Mohammed AI, Cirillo N
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Dec 6;23(23) doi: 10.3390/ijms232315434. PMID: 36499758Free PMC Article
Liu J, Liu C, Yue J
Radiat Oncol 2021 Jan 13;16(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13014-020-01735-9. PMID: 33436010Free PMC Article
Lalla RV
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015 Feb;9(2):127-8. Epub 2014 Oct 1 doi: 10.1586/17474124.2015.965146. PMID: 25270956
Touchefeu Y, Montassier E, Nieman K, Gastinne T, Potel G, Bruley des Varannes S, Le Vacon F, de La Cochetière MF
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2014 Sep;40(5):409-21. Epub 2014 Jul 11 doi: 10.1111/apt.12878. PMID: 25040088

Recent systematic reviews

Huang J, Hwang AYM, Jia Y, Kim B, Iskandar M, Mohammed AI, Cirillo N
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Dec 6;23(23) doi: 10.3390/ijms232315434. PMID: 36499758Free PMC Article
Elad S, Cheng KKF, Lalla RV, Yarom N, Hong C, Logan RM, Bowen J, Gibson R, Saunders DP, Zadik Y, Ariyawardana A, Correa ME, Ranna V, Bossi P; Mucositis Guidelines Leadership Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Cancer 2020 Oct 1;126(19):4423-4431. Epub 2020 Jul 28 doi: 10.1002/cncr.33100. PMID: 32786044Free PMC Article
Lalla RV, Bowen J, Barasch A, Elting L, Epstein J, Keefe DM, McGuire DB, Migliorati C, Nicolatou-Galitis O, Peterson DE, Raber-Durlacher JE, Sonis ST, Elad S; Mucositis Guidelines Leadership Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Cancer 2014 May 15;120(10):1453-61. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1002/cncr.28592. PMID: 24615748Free PMC Article
Gibson RJ, Keefe DM, Lalla RV, Bateman E, Blijlevens N, Fijlstra M, King EE, Stringer AM, van der Velden WJ, Yazbeck R, Elad S, Bowen JM; Mucositis Study Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)
Support Care Cancer 2013 Jan;21(1):313-26. Epub 2012 Nov 10 doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1644-z. PMID: 23142924
von Bültzingslöwen I, Brennan MT, Spijkervet FK, Logan R, Stringer A, Raber-Durlacher JE, Keefe D
Support Care Cancer 2006 Jun;14(6):519-27. Epub 2006 Apr 21 doi: 10.1007/s00520-006-0052-7. PMID: 16775647

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