Mucosite oral em pacientes portadores de câncer de cabeça e pescoço submetidos à radioterapia e quimioterapia concomitantes.

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Renata Cristina Schmidt [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9829
• topic: Enfermagem oncológica; Neoplasia de cabeça e pescoço; Radioterapia; Mucosite

Objectives: Classify the level of oral mucositis according to the international CTC parameters in head and neck tumor patients undergoing simultaneous radio and chemotherapy, and verify in our population whether or not the individual’s habits, tumor characteristics and treatment protocol have a role in the mucositis’ intensity. Methods: Fifty patients were enrolled, 45 male and 5 female; 39 white and 11afro-brazilians; 43 to 72 years old. Concerning to the primary tumor location, 32 patients were diagnosed with oropharynx tumor, 10 with oral cavity tumor, 3 with larynx tumor, 4 presented hipopharynx tumor and 1 with maxilla sinus tumor. Patients undergone megavoltage radiotherapy with doses in a range of 66 to 70Gy and an association of cisplatin and carboplatin chemotherapy concomitantly. Twenty six patients were submitted to previous surgery. All patients were interviewed by a nurse and asked about personal information and habits prior treatment. The level of mucositis was evaluated once a week until the end of the treatment. Results: 16% of patients presented mucositis grade III; 38% grade II; 30% grade I and 16% did not present any mucosa alteration. It was observed that 100% of the diabetic patients presented mucositis grade III. Conclusions: Patient’s characteristics such as age, gender, race, smoking habit and high blood pressure, and clinical characteristics such as primary tumor location and stage of disease did not influence the severity of mucositis. Data showed that diabetes influences significantly the severity of mucositis in head and neck tumor patients undergoing chemo and radiotherapy concomitant.