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Oral Mucositis ¹

Added text ² to state that evidence from one study has shown that laser therapy in addition to oral care can decrease the duration of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in children (cited Kuhn et al. as reference 21).

Head/Neck Radiation Patients ³

Added dysphagia as a chronic complication ⁴ of head and neck radiation (cited Caudell et al. as reference 2).