Purpose Maintenance of oral feeding is important in terms of maintaining and improving the
quality of life in terminal cancer patients receiving palliative care. Although adequate oral …

Purpose Patients with terminal cancer undergoing multidisciplinary palliative care often
have oral health problems, but these details are still unclear. This cross-sectional study …

Background: The oral food intake of terminally ill cancer patients is known to gradually
decrease, but there are few reports about how oral intake changes around the terminal …

Objectives This study explores whether the chemotherapy regimen has a role in inducing
oral health problems and malnutrition in elderly patients with other cancers than head and …

Background: Many studies have shown deterioration of the oral health environment in
palliative care patients; however, most of these studies are cross-sectional. In this …

Objective: The objective of this review is to examine the effectiveness of oral hygiene care in
the management of oral symptoms in patients with cancer under specialist palliative care …

Background In end-of-life patients with advanced cancers, oral examination, oral care, and
oral re-examination are crucial. Although oral symptoms are among the major complaints of …

Purpose This study examined the relationship between self-reported symptom severity and
oral intake in long-term head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors. Methods An observational …

Purpose As the incidence of oral cancers is on the rise, we aimed to evaluate the usefulness
of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) as a predictor of survival in patients with terminal …

Background The prediction of short‐term survival is important for noncancer patients and
their families. Although a markedly reduced oral intake by cancer patients suggests a poor …