Oral health after breast cancer treatment in postmenopausal women
Oral health can affect a patient's general health and quality of life. Given the increase in breast cancer survival rates, investigations of factors influencing the quality of life of survivors have gained importance. Therefore, the objective of our study was to characterize oral health in post...
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Published in | Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) Vol. 69; no. 10; pp. 706 - 708 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English Portuguese |
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Brazil
Elsevier España, S.L.U
01.12.2014
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Medicina / USP Elsevier España |
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Summary: | Oral health can affect a patient's general health and quality of life. Given the increase in breast cancer survival rates, investigations of factors influencing the quality of life of survivors have gained importance. Therefore, the objective of our study was to characterize oral health in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors.
We conducted a matched case-control study. Forty-eight women who survived breast cancer (age 62.1±9.1 years) and 48 healthy controls (age 61.8±8.6 years) were included. For each case and control, a complete oral evaluation chart was completed.
The prevalence of chronic periodontal disease was 98% in breast cancer survivors and 87% in controls. The breast cancer survivors had a median of 16 remaining teeth, whereas controls had a median of 22 remaining teeth (p = 0.03). The percentage of sites with gingival bleeding was 16.05% (0-100%) in breast cancer survivors and 0% (0-72%) in controls (p = 0.04).
Chronic periodontal disease and tooth loss were highly prevalent in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors. To improve survivors' quality of life, a preventive oral health evaluation should be available prior to cancer treatment. |
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Bibliography: | Amodio J, Palioto DB and Candido dos Reis FJ conceived and designed the study, performed data collection, analyzed data, interpreted data, wrote and critically reviewed the manuscript. Carrara HH, Tiezzi DG and Andrade JM participated in writing and critically reviewed the manuscript. |
ISSN: | 1807-5932 1980-5322 1980-5322 |
DOI: | 10.6061/clinics/2014(10)10 |