Evaluation of salivary flow in patients during head and neck radiotherapy
Pesqui. odontol. bras
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17(2): 156-160, Apr.-Jun. 2003. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Radiotherapy is frequently employed for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Among the side effects, xerostomia is one of the most important. With the objective of evaluating the role of radiotherapy in salivary flow, we performed three salivary sample collections at the beginning of, during, and immediately after radiotherapy. The results showed that the salivary flow values of the first collection were very similar to those of the control group. However, during treatment, there was a significant decrease of the salivary flow (p = 0.0008), which continued low immediately after radiotherapy (p = 0.0009). Our study showed that radiotherapy leads to an important reduction of salivary flow during and after radiotherapy
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Asunto principal:
Saliva
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas
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Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
Límite:
Adulto
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Anciano
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Aged80
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Pesqui. odontol. bras
Asunto de la revista:
Odontología
Año:
2003
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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Documento de proyecto
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
State University of Campinas/BR
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State University of Rio de Janeiro/BR
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University of Alfenas/BR
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