Cancer Child Patients: Mouth Manifestations of Anti-Cancer Therapy

Authors

  • Camila Oliveira Borges Frazão
  • Thays Almeida Alfaya
  • Raphael Coimbra Costa
  • Monica Lage da Rocha Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - UNIVERSO
  • Cresus Vinicius Depes Gouvêa Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF
  • Andréa Pereira de Morais Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - UNIVERSO

Keywords:

Cancer, Children, Dentistry

Abstract

During the last decades, malign cancers have been on the increase and early diagnosis is still highly relevant. Although prevention is highly difficult in children, cancer is more susceptible to treatment and better results are achieved. Chemo- and radiotherapy are the basic treatments. It is very common that during the treatment changes in the oral cavity appear within the cranium-facial development or caused by the imuno-suppression condition. Current investigation comprises a review of the literature on main mouth alterations caused by anti-cancer treatment in children, with special reference to the role of the dentist-surgeon and the medical team in the prevention, diagnosis, control and treatment of the collateral effects in the mouth cavity. Since dentist-surgeons in the multidisciplinary cancer team are highly important for patient follow-up, their role should be enhanced as from the initial dentist evaluation to periodic tests during anti-cancer therapy.

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Author Biographies

Camila Oliveira Borges Frazão

Especialista em Odontopediatria da Odontoclínica Central do Exército

Thays Almeida Alfaya

Especialista em Estomatologia pela Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ; Discente do Programa de Mestrado em Odontologia (Clínica Odontológica) da Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF; E-mail: thalfaya@gmail.com

Raphael Coimbra Costa

Especialista em Estomatologia pela Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ; Residente de Cirurgia Bucomaxilofacial do Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto

Monica Lage da Rocha, Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - UNIVERSO

Doutora em Patologia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF; Docente do curso de Odontologia da Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - UNIVERSO

Cresus Vinicius Depes Gouvêa, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Doutor em Prótese Dentária pela Universidade Federal Fluminense -UFF; Docente Titular da Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Andréa Pereira de Morais, Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - UNIVERSO

Doutora em Engenharia Biomédica pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ; Docente do curso de Odontologia da Universidade Salgado de Oliveira – UNIVERSO.

Published

2012-11-14

How to Cite

Frazão, C. O. B., Alfaya, T. A., Costa, R. C., Rocha, M. L. da, Gouvêa, C. V. D., & Morais, A. P. de. (2012). Cancer Child Patients: Mouth Manifestations of Anti-Cancer Therapy. Saúde E Pesquisa, 5(3). Retrieved from https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/2480

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