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Prevalence of Oral Complications occurring in a Population of Pediatric Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy

Multiagent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or a combination of both are the contemporary methods of cancer treatment. With medical advancements, though cure rates have increased considerably, focus is now shifted to the potential early and late complications of the same. The aim of this study was to ass...

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Autores principales: Gandhi, Kapil, Datta, Geetika, Ahuja, Shilpa, Saxena, Tanvi, G Datta, Ankush
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28890617
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/iD-iournals-10005-1428
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author Gandhi, Kapil
Datta, Geetika
Ahuja, Shilpa
Saxena, Tanvi
G Datta, Ankush
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description Multiagent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or a combination of both are the contemporary methods of cancer treatment. With medical advancements, though cure rates have increased considerably, focus is now shifted to the potential early and late complications of the same. The aim of this study was to assess the early oral complications in pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy. Sixty-two children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy with the mean age of 7.42 ± 3.6 years were included in the study. The various types of malignancies and oral problems during chemotherapy were recorded in the subjects. The most commonly encountered malignancy was acute lymphoblastic leukemia at 35.5%. Various oral and associated complications like mucosal inflammation with ulcerations, oral pain, xerostomia, and secondary infections were commonly seen, with mucositis being the most commonly observed complication in 58.1% of the subjects undergoing chemotherapy. Clinical importance of timely medical and dental interventions by a multidisciplinary team involving a pediatric dentist at different stages of anticancer treatment is also emphasized to minimize discomfort, increase treatment compliance, and improve the quality of life of pediatric patients. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Gandhi K, Datta G, Ahuja S, Saxena T, Datta AG. Prevalence of Oral Complications occurring in a Population of Pediatric Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy. Int Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(2):166-171.
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spelling pubmed-55713862017-09-08 Prevalence of Oral Complications occurring in a Population of Pediatric Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy Gandhi, Kapil Datta, Geetika Ahuja, Shilpa Saxena, Tanvi G Datta, Ankush Int J Clin Pediatr Dent Prevalence Study Multiagent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or a combination of both are the contemporary methods of cancer treatment. With medical advancements, though cure rates have increased considerably, focus is now shifted to the potential early and late complications of the same. The aim of this study was to assess the early oral complications in pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy. Sixty-two children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy with the mean age of 7.42 ± 3.6 years were included in the study. The various types of malignancies and oral problems during chemotherapy were recorded in the subjects. The most commonly encountered malignancy was acute lymphoblastic leukemia at 35.5%. Various oral and associated complications like mucosal inflammation with ulcerations, oral pain, xerostomia, and secondary infections were commonly seen, with mucositis being the most commonly observed complication in 58.1% of the subjects undergoing chemotherapy. Clinical importance of timely medical and dental interventions by a multidisciplinary team involving a pediatric dentist at different stages of anticancer treatment is also emphasized to minimize discomfort, increase treatment compliance, and improve the quality of life of pediatric patients. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Gandhi K, Datta G, Ahuja S, Saxena T, Datta AG. Prevalence of Oral Complications occurring in a Population of Pediatric Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy. Int Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(2):166-171. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2017 2017-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5571386/ /pubmed/28890617 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/iD-iournals-10005-1428 Text en Copyright © 2017; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Prevalence of Oral Complications occurring in a Population of Pediatric Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy
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title_short Prevalence of Oral Complications occurring in a Population of Pediatric Cancer Patients receiving Chemotherapy
title_sort prevalence of oral complications occurring in a population of pediatric cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28890617
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/iD-iournals-10005-1428
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