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ArticleCancer research and treatment2021

The Broad Variability in Dental Age Observed among Childhood Survivors Is Cancer Specific.

Patrycja Proc, Joanna Szczepańska, Małgorzata Zubowska, Beata Zalewska-Szewczyk, Wojciech Młynarski

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Article in Cancer research and treatment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dental management of long-term childhood cancer survivors: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2024
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  2. Dental age estimation in children that have undergone antineoplastic treatment.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022
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  3. Comparative Study of Malocclusions between Cancer Patients and Healthy Peers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrycja ProcDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Joanna SzczepańskaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Małgorzata ZubowskaDepartment of Pediatrics, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Beata Zalewska-SzewczykDepartment of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Wojciech MłynarskiDepartment of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe study aimed to assess the differences in dental maturation between childhood cancer survivors and healthy children. MATERIALS AND

methodsFifty-nine cancer patients including 16 (27.1%) girls and 43 (72.8%) boys, aged between 4 and 16 years, underwent dental and radiographic examinations. The mean duration of anticancer therapy was 16.8 months (range, 1 to 47 months), and 4.6 years (range, 8 to 123 months) had passed since the termination of disease. The control group consisted of 177 panoramic radiographs of age- and sex-matched healthy individuals. Dental age (DA) was estimated with Demirjian's scale and delta age, i.e., DA-chronological age (CA), was used to compare groups.

resultsThe DA of cancer survivors was accelerated by almost 1 year compared to their CA (9.9±3.1 vs. 8.9±2.8, p=0.040). The greatest difference was observed among patients with brain tumor: delta (DA-CA) was 2.2±1.1 years. Among all cancer patients, only children with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)-associated hepatoblastoma (HP) demonstrated delayed DA, with regard to both other cancer survivors (p=0.011) and healthy patients (p=0.037). All four patients with HP suffered from FAP, and three of them had documented adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) genes mutation. The DA of cancer patients having teeth with short roots was significantly greater than that of the cancer survivors without this anomaly (12.8±3.2 vs. 9.0±2.4, p < 0.001).

conclusionDA in children may be altered by cancer disease.

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AdolescentCancer SurvivorsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleRadiography, PanoramicToothAPC genesCancer survivorsDental age estimationHepatoblastoma

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