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  Oral Mucositis (OM), also called stomatitis, is the most common, debilitating complication of cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy, characterized by inflammation and ulceration in the oral cavity caused by the chemotherapeutic drug substances and radiotherapy used in cancer treatment. Typical manifestations of Oral Mucositis are varying degrees of erythema, atrophy, ulceration, and mucosa swelling. It has a significant negative impact on patients’ quality of life (QOL). Potential complications of OM include pain, increased the risk of local and systemic infections, bleeding, insufficient food intake, delays in the administration of radiotherapy and or chemotherapy, a dose reduction of the chemotherapy drugs, increased the length of hospital stays, associated economic burdens and in some cases life-threatening infections (septicemia in neutropenic instances). Mucositis is one of the most generally reported toxicities of mTOR inhibitors, and in some studies, it was the dose-limitin...