Mucosite oral decorrente do tratamento de câncer de mama

Abstract

A global cancer of cancer has doubled in the last 30 years, and in women, breast

cancer is the type that most affects. Currently, the most used treatments for breast

cancer include localized treatment with radiotherapy, surgery with breast

reconstruction when necessary, chemotherapy, biological therapy and hormone

therapy. Chemotherapy treatment can present oral complications in about 40% of

cancer patients. This treatment has a cytotoxic effect on different cell types, and

therefore depends on the dosage and the type of chemotherapy used. A series of

adverse effects can evolve from mild to severe degrees. Mucositis is a very common

oral complication in patient patients and presents as erythema, followed by painful

ulcerations in the oral mucosa, which influence the nutritional capacity and quality of

life of patients, which may even limit or delay therapy planning oncology.

This paper aims to review the literature on oral mucositis resulting fr