Effect of low level laser therapy in the reduction of oral complications in patients with cancer of the head and neck submitted to radiotherapy
Oton-Leite AF, Elias LS, Morais MO, Pinezi JC, Leles CR, Silva MA, Mendonça EF
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 · 51 citas
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
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Publicación
- Publicado
- 2012-12-05 · Spec Care Dentist · vol. 33 · número 6 · págs. 294–300
- Editorial
- Wiley
- Citado
- 77 citas · más que el 89% de estudios similares · 2.4× el promedio de su campo
- Referencias
- 50 trabajos
- Acceso
- De pago
- Áreas de investigación
- Oral health in cancer treatment · Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
- Palabras clave
- Medicine, Mucositis, Head and neck cancer, Radiation therapy, Low level laser therapy, Cancer, Laser therapy, Osteoradionecrosis, Surgery, Internal medicine, Laser
- MeSH
- humans, head and neck neoplasms, mouth diseases, radiotherapy, adult, aged, aged, 80 and over, middle aged, female, male, low-level light therapy
7 autores
- Angélica Ferreira Oton‐Leite🇧🇷Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Larissa Santana Arantes Elias🇧🇷Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Marília Oliveira Morais🇧🇷Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Juliana Castro Dourado Pinezi🇧🇷Hospital Araújo Jorge
- Cláudio Rodrigues Leles
- Maria Alves Garcia Silva🇧🇷Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Elismauro Francisco Mendonça🇧🇷 · autor de correspondenciaUniversidade Federal de Goiás
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The aim of this study was to assess the effect of low level laser therapy on reducing the occurrence and severity of oral complications in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Sixty head and neck cancer outpatients from a cancer hospital receiving radiotherapy were selected and randomly assigned into two groups. The laser group was irradiated with an InGaAlP laser and the control received sham laser. The assessment of complications (oral mucositis, pain) was carried out one week after starting radiotherapy, and at the fifteenth and thirtieth sessions of radiotherapy. All patients from both groups showed some degree of oral mucositis. Better outcomes were observed in the laser group when compared with the control in the follow-up sessions, indicating lower degrees of oral mucositis, pain and higher salivary flow (p < .05). These findings support the use of laser therapy as an adjuvant treatment for the control of oral complications.
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