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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2020

Dental treatment needs in hospitalized cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study.

Maria Cecilia Querido de Oliveira, Beatriz Nascimento F Lebre Martins, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, César Rivera, Pablo Agustin Vargas, Márcio Ajudarte Lopes, Aljomar Jose Vechiato-Filho, Thaís Bianca Brandão, Ana Carolina Prado-Ribeiro

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The impact of oral health education on the incidence and severity of oral mucositis in pediatric cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Cecilia Querido de OliveiraOral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Beatriz Nascimento F Lebre MartinsOral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Alan Roger Santos-SilvaOral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil.
César RiveraDepartment of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
Pablo Agustin VargasOral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Márcio Ajudarte LopesOral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Aljomar Jose Vechiato-FilhoServiço de Odontologia Oncológica, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, ICESP-FMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Doutor Arnaldo, 251 Cerqueira César, São Paulo, CEP 01246-000, Brazil.
Thaís Bianca BrandãoOdontologia Oncológica D'or, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ana Carolina Prado-RibeiroOral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil. carol_pr@yahoo.com.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0127-7998
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversity of Talca · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe objectives of this study were to describe the distribution and the clinicopathological features of the most common causes for dental treatment needs during the hospitalization of cancer patients.

methodsA retrospective cohort study of 2664 hospitalized cancer patients that analyzed the main dental treatment needs and dental procedures performed from January 2010 to December 2017.

resultsA total of 2664 medical patients were included in this study. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (17.2%) was the most common cancer type, followed by leukemia (14.8%), and oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (10.5%). The most common reasons for patients' hospitalization were chemotherapy protocols (18.8%), monitoring head and neck surgeries (9.7%), and febrile neutropenia (9.6%). The main motivation for the medical team to request dental evaluation was oral mucositis (22.8%) followed by oral pain or toothache (10.8%) and fungal, viral oral infections or traumatic oral lesions (9.9%). The dental treatment needs most observed were pain due to oral mucositis (17%), dental treatment prior to radiotherapy (RT), chemotherapy (CT) or bisphosphonate therapy (BP) (10.8%), teeth extractions (6.5%), and prophylactic photobiomodulation therapy (6.3%), whereas the most common dental treatments performed were oral hygiene protocols (30.2%), photobiomodulation therapy (prophylactic and curative) (21.7%), and dental treatment prior to cancer treatment initiation (RT, CT, and BP) (9.5%).

conclusionThis study can be considered original in the oncologic context, providing new information about the most frequent dental treatment needs among a large population of hospitalized cancer patients.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCancer Care FacilitiesDental CareFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultMouth neoplasmsOral dental careOral mucositisOral squamous cell carcinoma

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