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Pain is the most universal symptom associated with mucositis. Numerous studies have documented its relationship to clinically assessed mucositis severity, although the variability of scoring criteria has resulted in some scales having more concordance with patient-reported pain than others. Nonetheless, data supporting a strong association between the course of clinically reported mucositis and the level of patient-reported pain are compelling. For example, Figure 4.1 shows the correlation between mucositis severity as graded by National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC), patient-reported mouth pain, and dysphagia as reported by Cella and colleagues in a study of 323 patients receiving stomatotoxic chemotherapy.
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Sonis, S.T. (2012). Health and Economic Consequences of Mucositis. In: Oral Mucositis. Springer Healthcare, Tarporley. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-907673-46-7_4
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