Importance of dental follow-up after oral radiotherapy: merkel cell carcinoma as a second primary cancer after 12 years

The treatment of malignant neoplasm of the nasal upper airway presents a high morbidity rate for patients. Radiotherapy is one therapeutic option. The patient undergoing head and neck radiotherapy treatment needs to perform a dental examination before, during, and after cancer treatment. A male African American patient, 52 years of age with a history of being a former smoker and alcoholic for 12 years, was diagnosed in 2005 with an oral squamous cell carcinoma in the left lateral lingual surface, clinical stage of T2 N0 M0, and treated with head and neck surgery with negative cervical lymph nodes.

Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - December 15, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: FERNANDO SILVA DE CASTRO, M ÔNICA SIMÕES ISRAEL, ROSEMIRO MENEZES MACIEL, SARAH APARECIDA FERREIRA ANTERO, WAGNER PINTO DAS CHAGAS, JOSIANE COSTA RODRIGUES DE SÁ, CLAUDIA CRISTIANE BAISEREDO DE CARVALHO Source Type: research