Periodontal Disease - A Late Complication of Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy

Ella Brandt; Mutlu Keskin; Ismo T Räisänen; Antti Mäkitie; Tommi Pätilä; Timo Sorsa; Shipra Gupta

doi:10.1177/10732748241255845

Periodontal Disease - A Late Complication of Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy

Cancer Control. 2024 Jan-Dec:31:10732748241255845. doi: 10.1177/10732748241255845.

Authors

Ella Brandt¹, Mutlu Keskin², Ismo T Räisänen¹, Antti Mäkitie^{3

4}, Tommi Pätilä⁵, Timo Sorsa^{1

6}, Shipra Gupta⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
² Oral and Dental Health Department, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Department of Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁴ Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Division of Periodontology, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
⁷ Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: antimicrobial; biomarkers; cancer; diagnostics; matrix metalloproteinases; mucositis; oral health; oral hygiene; radiation; radiotherapy; xerostomia.

Publication types

Editorial
Letter

MeSH terms

Head and Neck Neoplasms* / radiotherapy
Humans
Periodontal Diseases* / etiology
Radiation Injuries / etiology
Radiotherapy / adverse effects