ArticleCancers2022
Oral Health Status in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer before Radiotherapy: Baseline Description of an Observational Prospective Study.
Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Differences in oral health status between cancer patients: a case-control observational study.BMC oral health · 2025Observational
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- Frequency of periodontal disease in head and neck cancer patients after radiation therapy: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- A retrospective cohort study of the oral healthcare needs of cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Self-perceived oral health, general self-efficacy, and their relations to oral health conditions in head and neck cancer patients in Sweden-a prospective observational study.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
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- Financial Burden of Dental Care Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2024Article
- Analysis of mutational variations inEcancermedicalscience · 2024Article
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- Oral health in patients with different sites of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is not different.PloS one · 2023Article
- Oral health in HPV-positive and HPV-negative patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- OralCancers · 2022Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: The general hypothesis that HNC patients show compromised oral health (OH) is generally accepted, but it is not evidence-based. The objective of this baseline report of a prospective observational study was to describe the oral health of a cohort of patients with HNC at the time of dental evaluation prior to radiotherapy (RT). (2) Materials and Methods: Two hundred and thirteen patients affected by HNC who had received an indication for RT were examined with the support of orthopantomography (OPT). The DMFt of all included subjects, their periodontal status and the grade of mouth opening were recorded. (3) Results: A total of 195 patients were ultimately included: 146/195 patients (74.9%) showed poor OH (defined as having a DMFt score ≥ 13 and severe periodontitis). The following clinical characteristics were correlated with poor oral health in the univariate analysis: tumor site, smoking habit and age of the patients (in decades); χ2 test, p < 0.05. (4) Conclusions: This study confirms that the OH of HNC patients is often compromised even before the beginning of cancer treatment and, consequently, highlights how important it is to promptly schedule a dental evaluation at the moment of diagnosis of the cancer.
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