Radiotherapy is used in> 50% of patients with cancer, both for curative and palliative
purposes. Radiotherapy uses ionizing radiation to target and kill tumour tissue, but normal …

This review summarizes the beginning of radiotherapy, techniques of modern radiation
therapy with different types, toxicities induced by radiotherapy and their management. Head …

Background: Chemoradiotherapy-associated mucositis can manifest as pain, inflammation,
dysphagia, diarrhea, weight loss, rectal bleeding, and infection. Mucositis is a major dose …

Abstract Treatment of head and neck cancers (HNCs) involves radiotherapy. Patients
undergoing radiotherapy for HNCs are prone to dental complications. Radiotherapy to the …

Post-radiotherapy head and neck cancer patients are at increased risk of dental caries due
to radiotherapy-induced salivary gland hypofunction and radiation-damage to tooth …

Background Oral mucositis (OM) due to radiotherapy and systemic therapies in head and
neck cancer treatment represents a major problem causing a wide spectrum of clinical signs …

Patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancers are prone to a range of dental
complications, including mucositis, trismus, xerostomia, radiation caries and …

Objective Oncological treatment can cause changes in the oral cavity compromising oral
functions. The aim of the study was, based on a systematic review, to draft a guide directed …

Pretreatment dental screening aims to locate and eliminate oral foci of infection in order to
eliminate local, loco‐regional, or systemic complications during and after oncologic …

Background Preradiotherapy dental extractions often form a part of the management plan for
patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancers in order to prevent …