Evaluation of preventive laser photobiomodulation in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiochemotherapy: Laser in patients with head and neck cancer.
Juliana Borges de Lima DantasGabriela Botelho MartinsHayana Ramos LimaManoela CarreraSílvia Regina de Almeida ReisAlena Ribeiro Alves Peixoto MedradoPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2020)
The laser photobiomodulation protocol used in this study was not effective in preventing radiochemotherapy-induced OM, salivary hypofunction, and referred pain in patients with head and neck cancer. Notably, although the development of OM did not differ significantly according to the use of laser therapy, the severity of oral mucositis was reduced in patients who underwent laser therapy compared to that in patients who did not.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- high speed
- newly diagnosed
- locally advanced
- chronic pain
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- high glucose
- pain management
- squamous cell carcinoma
- diabetic rats
- oxidative stress
- patient reported outcomes
- high resolution
- mass spectrometry
- rectal cancer
- stress induced
- chemotherapy induced