ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2020
The impact of radiation caries in the quality of life of head and neck cancer patients.
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- Impact of non-compliance with oral care on radiation caries in head and neck cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Synonymous point mutation of gtfB gene caused by therapeutic X-rays exposure reduced the biofilm formation and cariogenic abilities of Streptococcus mutans.Cell & bioscience · 2021Article
- Conformational and constitutional analysis of dental caries following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2021Article
- Indices for the assessment of radiation-related caries.Journal of conservative dentistry : JCDReview
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Abstract
purposeThe objective of this multicentre study was to verify the relationship between the scores of quality of life (QoL) and the decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) and radiation caries (RC) in patients treated with radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer, and through this to determine if RC is capable of causing a significant decrease in the QoL.
methodsOne hundred patients were divided into 2 groups: patients with at least 1 year of RT completion who developed RC (study group, n = 50); and patients with at least 1 year of RT completion who did not develop RC (control group, n = 50). All patients answered the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the University of Washington quality of life (UW-QoL) questionnaire, which was divided into physical and social-emotional functioning domains and evaluated the DMFT index score.
resultsThe mean score of QoL was 927.2 in the control group and 878.1 in the study group (P = 0.24). The mean score of DMFT was 30.5 in the study group and 20.7 in the control group (P = 0.001). The items recreation and saliva, which belong to the physical function domain, showed a statistically significant difference between the study and control groups (P = 0.031 and P = 0.047, respectively). Saliva was the item with the higher number of patient complaints in both groups.
conclusionRC had a negative impact on the QoL of HNC patients.
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