Research progress on the effect of radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and head and neck cancer on dental hard tissues and oral microbiota
Zhu Hualing1, Jiang Li2, Zou Ling1
1State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; 2State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of General Dentistry, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
Abstract：Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and head and neck cancer are the most common malignant tumors in clinical practice. As the most common treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma and head and neck cancer, radiotherapy will inevitably cause damage to normal structures such as dental hard tissues and affect the composition of oral microbiota, although it exerts high inhibitory effect against tumor cells. To provide theoretical basis for preventing or reducing the side effects of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and head and neck cancer after radiotherapy and improving the quality of life in patients, related research progress on the effect of radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and head and neck cancer on dental hard tissues and oral microbiota was reviewed.
Zhu Hualing,Jiang Li,Zou Ling. Research progress on the effect of radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and head and neck cancer on dental hard tissues and oral microbiota[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2022, 31(9): 834-837.
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