Development of the MASCC/ISOO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Mucositis: considerations underlying the process

Sharon Elad; Joanne Bowen; Yehuda Zadik; Rajesh V Lalla; Mucositis Study Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)

doi:10.1007/s00520-012-1593-6

Development of the MASCC/ISOO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Mucositis: considerations underlying the process

Support Care Cancer. 2013 Jan;21(1):309-12. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1593-6. Epub 2012 Oct 13.

Authors

Sharon Elad¹, Joanne Bowen, Yehuda Zadik, Rajesh V Lalla; Mucositis Study Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO)

Affiliation

¹ Division of Oral Medicine, Eastman Institute for Oral Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, 625 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. selad@URMC.Rochester.edu

PMID: 23064884
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1593-6

Abstract

The Mucositis Study Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO) recently conducted a systematic review to update the MASCC/ISOO clinical practice guidelines for oral and gastrointestinal mucositis. Here, we discuss the details of some considerations underlying the process used.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Consensus Development Conferences as Topic*
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Humans
Mucositis / etiology
Mucositis / prevention & control
Mucositis / therapy*
Neoplasms / complications*
Neoplasms / drug therapy
Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Review Literature as Topic*