Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1
BackgroundRadiotherapy and chemotherapy are frequently employed in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients causing significant side effects that impair life quality and prognosis. Photobiomodulation (PBM) has become a growing approach to managing such oral complications. Despite its proven efficacy and...
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| author | Margherita Gobbo Elisabetta Merigo Praveen R. Arany René-Jean Bensadoun Alan Roger Santos-Silva Luiz Alcino Gueiros Giulia Ottaviani |
| author_facet | Margherita Gobbo Elisabetta Merigo Praveen R. Arany René-Jean Bensadoun Alan Roger Santos-Silva Luiz Alcino Gueiros Giulia Ottaviani |
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| description | BackgroundRadiotherapy and chemotherapy are frequently employed in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients causing significant side effects that impair life quality and prognosis. Photobiomodulation (PBM) has become a growing approach to managing such oral complications. Despite its proven efficacy and absence of contraindications, there is still a lack of universally accepted disease-specific PBM protocols.ObjectiveA narrative review was conducted to identify the current proposals relating to the use of PBM to treat complications of oncological treatments in HNC patients.MethodsAn electronic search in PubMed and Scopus databases was performed with the following keywords: (“photobiomodulation” OR “PBM” OR “laser therapy” OR “LLLT” OR “laser”) AND (“head and neck cancer” OR “oral cancer”) AND (“mucositis” OR “oral mucositis” OR “dysgeusia” OR “oedema” OR “xerostomia” OR “dermatitis” OR “trismus”) until October 2021.ResultsA total of 35 papers were included in the narrative review. Oral mucositis was the most studied complication, and advisable protocols are conceivable. Although there is a growing interest in PBM to manage of xerostomia, radiodermatitis, pain, and trismus, literature is still scarce to propose a universally feasible protocol.ConclusionsPBM therapy could significantly prevent or reduce the severity of many side effects related to cancer therapies. More research is needed to obtain recommendations over the preferable parameters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb5a8880d04f4bf29825c4e7223b60a02022-12-22T02:44:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oral Health2673-48422022-07-01310.3389/froh.2022.945718945718Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1Margherita Gobbo0Elisabetta Merigo1Praveen R. Arany2René-Jean Bensadoun3Alan Roger Santos-Silva4Luiz Alcino Gueiros5Giulia Ottaviani6Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, ItalyFaculty of Dentistry, Côte d'Azur University, Nice, FranceOral Biology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, Getzville, NY, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Centre de Haute Energie, Nice, FranceOral Diagnosis Department, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, São Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Clinic and Preventive Dentistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, BrazilDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, ItalyBackgroundRadiotherapy and chemotherapy are frequently employed in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients causing significant side effects that impair life quality and prognosis. Photobiomodulation (PBM) has become a growing approach to managing such oral complications. Despite its proven efficacy and absence of contraindications, there is still a lack of universally accepted disease-specific PBM protocols.ObjectiveA narrative review was conducted to identify the current proposals relating to the use of PBM to treat complications of oncological treatments in HNC patients.MethodsAn electronic search in PubMed and Scopus databases was performed with the following keywords: (“photobiomodulation” OR “PBM” OR “laser therapy” OR “LLLT” OR “laser”) AND (“head and neck cancer” OR “oral cancer”) AND (“mucositis” OR “oral mucositis” OR “dysgeusia” OR “oedema” OR “xerostomia” OR “dermatitis” OR “trismus”) until October 2021.ResultsA total of 35 papers were included in the narrative review. Oral mucositis was the most studied complication, and advisable protocols are conceivable. Although there is a growing interest in PBM to manage of xerostomia, radiodermatitis, pain, and trismus, literature is still scarce to propose a universally feasible protocol.ConclusionsPBM therapy could significantly prevent or reduce the severity of many side effects related to cancer therapies. More research is needed to obtain recommendations over the preferable parameters.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/froh.2022.945718/fulloral cancerphotobiomodulationoral mucositisdysgeusiaxerostomiadermatitis |
| spellingShingle | Margherita Gobbo Elisabetta Merigo Praveen R. Arany René-Jean Bensadoun Alan Roger Santos-Silva Luiz Alcino Gueiros Giulia Ottaviani Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1 Frontiers in Oral Health oral cancer photobiomodulation oral mucositis dysgeusia xerostomia dermatitis |
| title | Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1 |
| title_full | Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1 |
| title_fullStr | Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1 |
| title_short | Quality Assessment of PBM Protocols for Oral Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Part 1 |
| title_sort | quality assessment of pbm protocols for oral complications in head and neck cancer patients part 1 |
| topic | oral cancer photobiomodulation oral mucositis dysgeusia xerostomia dermatitis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/froh.2022.945718/full |
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