Oral cancers and the role of dentists

Year 2019, , 78 - 84, 31.03.2019

Hamed Deveci , Dilek Aynur Uğar Çankal

https://doi.org/10.21601/ortadogutipdergisi.456800

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Cancer is one of the social health problems in
Turkey. Oral and pharyngeal cancer, grouped together, is the sixth most common
cancer in the world. Most of the oral cancers occur in men aged 50 years and
older; however, during last 3 decades, the number of patients worldwide is
being diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma at a younger age (<45
years old) to be encountered more frequently. Main treatment options for oral
and oropharyngeal cancers are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Head and
neck radiation, chemotherapy, and blood and marrow transplantation can cause
oral complications ranging from dry mouth to life-threatening infections. The
aim of this review is to update our knowledge on oropharyngeal cancer, to evaluate the
effects of cancer therapies on oral region and to emphasize the important role
of dentists in diagnosis and treatment planning of cancer.

Keywords

oropharyngeal cancer, incidence, dentists

Ağız kanserleri ve diş hekimlerinin rolü

Abstract

Kanser,
tüm dünyada olduğu gibi Türkiye’de de en önemli toplumsal sağlık
problemlerinden biridir. Ağız ve yutak kanserleri, dünyada en sık izlenen
altıncı kanser türüdür. 50 yaş üzeri erkeklerde ağız kanseri görülme riski
diğerlerine göre daha fazladır, ancak son 30 yılda dünya çapında baş ve boyun
bölgesinde skuamöz hücreli
karsinom teşhisi konan genç (45 yaş altında) hasta sayısında
artış görülmektedir. Ağız ve yutak kanserlerinin tedavisinde ana seçenekler
cerrahi, radyoterapi ve kemoterapidir. Tedavi amacıyla baş boyun bölgesine
uygulanan radyoterapi, kemik iliği transplantasyonu ve kemoterapi; ağız
kuruluğundan hayatı tehdit eden enfeksiyonlara kadar değişen oral komplikasyonlara
yol açabilmektedir. Bu derlemenin amacı ağız ve yutak kanseri ile ilgili
bilgilerimizi güncellemek, kanser tedavilerinin ağız bölgesindeki etkisini ve
kanser hastalarının tedavisinde diş hekimlerinin rolünün önemini
değerlendirmektir.

Keywords

orofarengeal kanser, insidans, diş hekimleri

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