Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy
Introduction: chemotherapy is a treatment based on the use of anticancer drugs that induce the death of cancer cells. The literature describes oral lesions may arise as a result of chemotherapy. Objective: to identify the oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy treated at the refer...
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| author | Thyago Leite Campos Araujo Rayssa Mendonça Vitorino Lívia Karynne Martins Mesquita Alana Kelly Maia Macedo Nobre Lima Regiane Cristina Amaral Thiago Fonseca-Silva |
| author_facet | Thyago Leite Campos Araujo Rayssa Mendonça Vitorino Lívia Karynne Martins Mesquita Alana Kelly Maia Macedo Nobre Lima Regiane Cristina Amaral Thiago Fonseca-Silva |
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| description | Introduction: chemotherapy is a treatment based on the use of anticancer drugs that induce the death of cancer cells. The literature describes oral lesions may arise as a result of chemotherapy.
Objective: to identify the oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy treated at the reference service in oncology southern state of Ceará - Brazil.
Methods: we evaluated 73 patients affected by some type of malignancy and chemotherapy from January of 2013 to December of 2014. The clinical and pathological data such as age, gender, diagnosis of malignancy, types of treatments anticancer chemotherapeutic drug treatment, among others,were obtained from medical records. Were also carried out oral examinations in all subjects of this study by the same examiner specialist in stomatology.
Results: of the 73 patients 29 (39.7 %) were male and 44 (60.3 %) females with a mean age of 57.7 years, and 37 (50.7 %) of smokers. Regarding malignancy, the mama was the most prevalent location (35.6 %). The drugs most frequently used in chemotherapy treatment were aredia in 23.3 % of cases (n= 17) and paclitaxel in 17.8 % (n= 13). In the oral manifestations, of the 73 patients studied, 44 (60.2 %) had some type of oral discomfort. Most patients, 77.3 % (n= 34) were diagnosed with xerostomia and 22.7 % (n= 10) were observed mucositis.
Conclusion: oral lesions found in patients undergoing chemotherapy were xerostomia and mucositis. Xerostomia being the most prevalent oral pathological condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a27844842de04aa5828d4587940855532022-12-22T01:05:00ZengEditorial Ciencias MédicasRevista Cubana de Estomatología0034-75071561-297X2015-06-015241621165Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapyThyago Leite Campos Araujo0Rayssa Mendonça Vitorino1Lívia Karynne Martins Mesquita2Alana Kelly Maia Macedo Nobre Lima3Regiane Cristina Amaral4Thiago Fonseca-Silva5Curso de Odontologia; Faculdade Leão Sampaio – Juazeiro do Norte/CE/BrasilCurso de Odontologia; Faculdade Leão Sampaio – Juazeiro do Norte/CE/BrasilCurso de Odontologia; Faculdade Leão Sampaio – Juazeiro do Norte/CE/BrasilUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande – Campina Grande/PB/BrasilCurso de Odontologia; Faculdade Leão Sampaio – Juazeiro do Norte/CE/BrasilCurso de Odontologia; Faculdade Leão Sampaio – Juazeiro do Norte/CE/BrasilIntroduction: chemotherapy is a treatment based on the use of anticancer drugs that induce the death of cancer cells. The literature describes oral lesions may arise as a result of chemotherapy. Objective: to identify the oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy treated at the reference service in oncology southern state of Ceará - Brazil. Methods: we evaluated 73 patients affected by some type of malignancy and chemotherapy from January of 2013 to December of 2014. The clinical and pathological data such as age, gender, diagnosis of malignancy, types of treatments anticancer chemotherapeutic drug treatment, among others,were obtained from medical records. Were also carried out oral examinations in all subjects of this study by the same examiner specialist in stomatology. Results: of the 73 patients 29 (39.7 %) were male and 44 (60.3 %) females with a mean age of 57.7 years, and 37 (50.7 %) of smokers. Regarding malignancy, the mama was the most prevalent location (35.6 %). The drugs most frequently used in chemotherapy treatment were aredia in 23.3 % of cases (n= 17) and paclitaxel in 17.8 % (n= 13). In the oral manifestations, of the 73 patients studied, 44 (60.2 %) had some type of oral discomfort. Most patients, 77.3 % (n= 34) were diagnosed with xerostomia and 22.7 % (n= 10) were observed mucositis. Conclusion: oral lesions found in patients undergoing chemotherapy were xerostomia and mucositis. Xerostomia being the most prevalent oral pathological condition.http://www.revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/832salud bucalquimioterapiacáncer. |
| spellingShingle | Thyago Leite Campos Araujo Rayssa Mendonça Vitorino Lívia Karynne Martins Mesquita Alana Kelly Maia Macedo Nobre Lima Regiane Cristina Amaral Thiago Fonseca-Silva Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy Revista Cubana de Estomatología salud bucal quimioterapia cáncer. |
| title | Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_full | Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_fullStr | Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_short | Oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_sort | oral manifestations in patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| topic | salud bucal quimioterapia cáncer. |
| url | http://www.revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/832 |
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