# OnCo record mucositis (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/mucositis/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "mucositis" ;
  schema:name "Mucositis and stomatitis"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "oral mucositis"@en, "stomatitis"@en, "mouth sores"@en, "mouth ulcers"@en, "oesophagitis"@en, "esophagitis"@en, "radiation oesophagitis"@en, "mucosal toxicity"@en, "mucosal damage"@en, "gastrointestinal toxicity"@en, "GI toxicity"@en, "dexamethasone mouthwash"@en ;
  schema:description "Painful inflammation and ulcers of the mouth and gut lining, because chemotherapy and radiotherapy hit the fast-dividing cells that renew it. It affects most patients on head and neck chemoradiation or transplant conditioning, can make eating impossible, and is the usual reason those patients need feeding tubes and opioid pain relief."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/mucositis/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucositis> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucositis>, <https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/information-and-support/treatments-for-pancreatic-cancer/chemotherapy/side-effects-of-chemotherapy/>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatments-and-drugs/folfirinox>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatments-and-drugs/folfox>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatments-and-drugs/capecitabine> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/chemoradiation/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/conditioning-regimen/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/feeding-tube/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/dysphagia/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/photobiomodulation-mucositis/> .