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01-10-2020 | COVID-19 | Commentary

Impact of pandemic COVID-19 outbreak on oral mucositis preventive and treatment protocols: new perspectives for extraoral photobiomodulation therapy

Authors: Karina Morais Faria, Wagner Gomes-Silva, Elisa Kauark-Fontes, Carolina Guimarães Bonfim-Alves, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Ana Carolina Prado-Ribeiro, Aljomar José Vechiato-Filho, Marcio Ajudarte Lopes, Gustavo Nader Marta, Gilberto de Castro Jr, Adriana Franco Paes Leme, Cesar Augusto Migliorati, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Thaís Bianca Brandão

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 10/2020

Abstract

This communication discusses the current challenges of oral mucositis (OM) management during the pandemic COVID-19 outbreak and reflects about an extraoral photobiomodulation protocol as an optimal alternative for preventing and treating OM in advanced cancer patients while minimizing the risk of infection by avoiding intraoral manipulation.

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Title: Impact of pandemic COVID-19 outbreak on oral mucositis preventive and treatment protocols: new perspectives for extraoral photobiomodulation therapy
Authors: Karina Morais Faria
Wagner Gomes-Silva
Elisa Kauark-Fontes
Carolina Guimarães Bonfim-Alves
Luiz Paulo Kowalski
Ana Carolina Prado-Ribeiro
Aljomar José Vechiato-Filho
Marcio Ajudarte Lopes
Gustavo Nader Marta
Gilberto de Castro Jr
Adriana Franco Paes Leme
Cesar Augusto Migliorati
Alan Roger Santos-Silva
Thaís Bianca Brandão
Publication date: 01-10-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: COVID-19
Laser
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 10/2020
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05636-1

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