Paolo Bossi, MD of Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy summaries the important messages to take away from the various workshops and a presentation regarding mucositis treatment. Physicians should try to listen to their patients and learn about the patients reported outcomes as this is really important in order to identify the real impact of mucositis. Try to prevent is another key message, with a multidisciplinary group to enable a better level of patient satisfaction. Phototherapy is mentioned as a promising, cheaper and simple method, and should be standardized in the future. However, this method is quite time consuming, and research is still ongoing. He states that the future in this area is very intriguing. There currently is a lack of devices or drugs available to ameliorate mucositis, however, there are developments towards producing new drugs. The genetics of each patient can have a significant impact on the outcome, therefore treatment needs to be tailor made. Recorded at the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) 2016 Annual Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer held in Adelaide, Australia.
Take home messages from mucositis workshops
