Quality of life and oral health of people undergoing chemotherapy: an observational study

    Objectives: To investigate the impact of chemotherapy on the oral health and quality of life of patients at the Oncology Department of Vila Franca de Xira Hospital. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study, with an analytical component, involved 76 patients aged between 18 and 65 in the hospital's Oncology ...

  • Patrícia Flores, Teresa Albuquerque, Fatima Bizarra, Henrique Luís, Sandra Ribeiro Graça
  • 1
  • Original research
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Manifestações bucais da leucemia linfoblástica: estudo clínico em centro de referência hematológico no Amazonas

    Objetivos: Avaliar clinicamente a mucosa bucal de pacientes infantojuvenis com leucemia linfoblástica. Métodos: Num período de doze meses, 36 pacientes com leucemia linfoblástica de células B ou T, entre 1 e 14 anos, tratados pelos protocolos GBTLI-LLA 2009 ou ALL IC-BFM 2009 foram...

  • Melina Cuenca de Mello e Pias, Gerson de Oliveira Paiva Neto, Célia Maria Bolognese Ferreira, Tatiana Nayara Libório-Kimura
  • 128-134
  • Investigação Original
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Oral manifestations in patients with different oral health behaviors submitted to chemotherapy: a preliminary study

    Objective: This observational study aims to evaluate oral manifestations and symptoms during chemotherapy in 49 adult patients with onco-hematologic pathology, and to investigate whether oral health habits influence the experience of signs and symptoms in the oral cavity and the quality of life of these patients. M...

  • Jéssica Gilberto Santilal, Sandra Ribeiro Graça
  • 118-124
  • Original research
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