Severity of Oral Mucositis in Children following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy and Its Implications at a Single Oncology Centre in Durango State, Mexico

Table 3

Patients according to the degree of mucositis, grouped by severity of mucositis according to the type of cancer, treatment, and number of cycles, expressed as number of patients.

Degree of mucositis severity
	0	1	2	3	4	value	1-2	3-4	value
Type of cancer
Leukaemia	2	17	8	3	0	0.001	25	3	0.019
Lymphoma	4	5	1	2	0		6	2
SNC Tumour	0	0	4	3	2		4	5
Total	6	22	13	8	4		35	10
Treatment
Chemotherapy	4	16	8	2	0	0.001	24	2	≤0.001
Radiotherapy	2	5	3	0	0		8	0
Chemo-Radio	0	1	2	6	2		3	8
Total	6	22	13	8	2		35	10
Cycles
1–6	5	17	5	1	0	0.026	22	1	0.003
>6	1	5	8	7	2		13	9
Total	6	22	13	8	2		35	10

;. Kruskal-Wallis test.