title: Managing pain in mucositis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches available to manage pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published journal articles, book chapters, clinical experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pain management requires treatment directed at the various factors involved in the pain experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses need to assess pain daily and follow patients closely until mucositis resolves. Management targeted to specific dimensions of pain can improve the effectiveness of pain control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Interdisciplinary Program in Oral Cancer, Chicago Cancer Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Joel B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: Mark M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents