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Adriele de Freitas Neiva Lessa¹, Daniela Pereira Meirelles², Aline Maria Do Couto²

¹Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Research Department - Hospital do Câncer de Muriaé. Fundação Cristiano Varella, Muriaé, MG, Brazil.

|July 8, 2023

Abstract:

Oral mucositis is a common acute complication of a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treatment. Multiple scales can be used to diagnose and grade this lesion, but they all have some limitation regarding this group of patients. Most of these issues are associated with the hardness to differentiate signs and symptoms from oral mucositis vs. the inherent neoplasm. This study highlights the importance of a specifically developed scale for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Keywords:

Grading scales Head and Neck Neoplasms Oral Mucositis Photobiomodulation Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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