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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2018

Evaluation of Oral Mucositis Occurrence in Oncologic Patients under Antineoplastic Therapy Submitted to the Low-Level Laser Coadjuvant Therapy.

Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti, Dário José de Macêdo, Fernanda Suely Barros Dantas, Karla Dos Santos Menezes, Diego Filipe Bezerra Silva, William Alves de Melo Junior, Alidianne Fabia Cabral Cavalcanti

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandro Leite CavalcantiPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Avenida das Baraúnas, S/N-Campus Universitário, Bodocongó, Campina Grande 58109-753, Brazil. alessandrocavalcanti@pq.cnpq.br.ORCID 0000-0003-3572-3332
Dário José de MacêdoFaculty of Medical Sciences, Campina Grande 58109-753, Brazil. dario.jmacedo@gmail.com.
Fernanda Suely Barros DantasSchool of Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande 58109-753, Brazil. fernandasbdantas@gmail.com.
Karla Dos Santos MenezesSchool of Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande 58109-753, Brazil. fernandasbdant@gmail.com.
Diego Filipe Bezerra SilvaSchool of Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande 58109-753, Brazil. fernandasbdant1s@gmail.com.
William Alves de Melo JuniorHospital Universitário Alcides Carneiro, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande 58109-753, Brazil. williamgeronto@gmail.com.
Alidianne Fabia Cabral CavalcantiDepartment of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba, Campina Grande 58109-753, Brazil. alidianne.fabia@gmail.com.
Universidade Estadual da Paraíba · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-level laser therapy has been widely used in treating many conditions, including oral mucositis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of oral mucositis in patients undergoing antineoplastic therapy submitted to preventive and therapeutic treatment with low-level laser therapy. This cross-sectional study was carried out with 51 children and adolescents of both sexes with malignant neoplasias who developed oral mucositis and underwent low-level laser therapy. Data were collected on sex, age, type and degree of neoplasia, region affected, and remission time. 64.7% of the patients were male and were between 3 and 6 years of age (39.2%). Acute lymphoid leukemia was the most frequent neoplasm (37.3%). Regarding the maximum oral mucositis, grade 2 (41.2%) was predominant, with jugal mucosa (29.9%) and tongue (17.7%) being the most affected regions. The majority of cases presented lesion remission time between 4 and 7 days (44.0%). Most patients were young, male, and diagnosed with acute lymphoid leukemia. Predominance of grade 2 oral mucositis was observed, with jugal mucosa and tongue being the most affected regions, with the majority of cases presenting lesion remission time between 4 and 7 days. Low-level laser therapy has been shown to be an essential therapy in the prevention and treatment of these lesions, since it is a non-invasive and low-cost method.

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antineoplastic agentslow-level laser therapymucositis

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PMID29695071
PMCPMC5977129
OpenAlexW2800257650

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