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Project

Development of a multidisciplinary platform for the screening of new preventive and therapeutic strategies against oral mucositis
Acronym
mucositis platform
Code
41Q04512
Duration
01 February 2013 → 31 January 2016
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Morphological sciences
    • Oncology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Morphological sciences
    • Oncology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Morphological sciences
    • Oncology
Keywords
oral mucositis cancer therapy microbiome
 
Project description

Oral mucositis is a frequent pathology that occurs with many cancer patients that receive irradiation or chemotherapeutic therapy. The condition causes secundary infections and lowers the chance for curing cancer. In this research, the importance of the oral microbiota in the development and prevention and therapy of oral mucositis is investigated.