Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal (May 2015)

Assessing stomatitis: Refinement of the Western Consortium for Cancer Nursing Research (WCCNR) stomatitis staging system

  • Karin Olson,
  • Betty Davies,
  • Lesley Degner,
  • Karen Neufeld,
  • Harry Plummer,
  • Norma Thurston,
  • Barbara Warren,
  • Karen Wright,
  • Stella Dyck

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 160 – 162

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to refine the Western Consortium for Cancer Nursing Research (WCCNR) stomatitis staging system. Fifty-six adult cancer patients were accrued. Using all eight descriptors, 96.4% of the participants were correctly staged. Using only lesions, colour and bleeding, however, 92.9% of the cases were correctly staged. Based on the findings of this study, the WCCNR stomatitis staging system has been shortened to include only lesions, colour and bleeding.