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ReviewFrontiers in oral health2022

Dental Evaluation Prior to Cancer Therapy.

Chee Weng Yong, Andrew Robinson, Catherine Hong

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Review in Frontiers in oral health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. The Role of Dental Oncology in Cancer Care: a Critical Component of Comprehensive Treatment, Education, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration- a Narrative Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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  7. Insights from initial experience for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with proton therapy.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2025
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  13. Self-perceived oral health in hemato-oncological patients and the relation to quality of life.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  14. Financial Burden of Dental Care Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2024
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  15. Necessity and influencing factors for integrating oral health in cancer care for older people: a narrative review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chee Weng YongDiscipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Andrew RobinsonDiscipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Catherine HongDiscipline of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A comprehensive oral examination and dental care prior to the start of cancer therapy is the standard of care in many cancer centers. This is because good oral health will likely minimize the undesirable complications such as opportunistic infections during cancer therapy. As the considerations differ between anti-neoplastic regimens, this chapter discusses the indications and rationale when planning and executing a treatment plan for patients undergoing various cancer therapies.

Indexed as

antineoplastic agentsbone density conservation agentsdental caredental servicehospitalradiotherapy

Identifiers

PMID35510226
PMCPMC9058061

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