Scales to graduate oral mucositis: What are the limitations?

Autor: de Freitas Neiva Lessa A; Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Research Department - Hospital do Câncer de Muriaé. Fundação Cristiano Varella, Muriaé, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: drineiva@hotmail.com., Meirelles DP; Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Do Couto AM; Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Duarte Da Silva K; Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., De Aguiar MCF; Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Oral oncology [Oral Oncol] 2023 Sep; Vol. 144, pp. 106489. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 06.
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106489
Abstrakt: Oral mucositis is a common acute complication of a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treatment. Multiple scales can be used to diagnose and grade this lesion, but they all have some limitation regarding this group of patients. Most of these issues are associated with the hardness to differentiate signs and symptoms from oral mucositis vs. the inherent neoplasm. This study highlights the importance of a specifically developed scale for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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