Evaluation of some oral postradiotherapy sequelae in patients treated for head and neck tumors Avaliação de algumas seqüelas bucais pós-radioterapia em pacientes tratados de neoplasias de cabeça e pescoço

• Main Authors: Cássia Maria Fischer Rubira (Author), Nádia Juliana Devides (Author), Liliane Torsani Úbeda (Author), Antônio Geraldo Bortolucci Jr (Author), José Roberto Lauris (Author), Izabel Regina Fischer Rubira-Bullen (Author), José Humberto Damante (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral sequelae of radiotherapy in patients treated between 1999 and 2003 for head and neck tumors. One-hundred patients (24 women, 76 men) ranging in age from 30 to 83 years (mean 59.2 years) were examined. Time since radiotherapy ranged from 1 to 72 months (...