Rheumatology

Head and Neck Cancers

Questions discussed in this category

Should special precautions be taken patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome receiving radiation therapy?

Would you have reservations in treating patients with breast, GI, or pelvic malignancies with radiation alone or concurrent chemoradiation?

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Would you modify your treatment approach for treating an HPV-positive head and neck cancer in a patient with symptomatic Sjogren's?

1 Answer available

What are magic mouthwash alternatives that you would recommend?

There was a recall on viscous lidocaine and many of our patients cannot find it. What would you recommend as alternatives?

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How do you approach post operative radiation therapy to someone with head and neck cancer who has high risk of local recurrence who also has scleroderma?

Is there any literature on the safety of giving radiation to patients with scleroderma in H&N setting?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Cancer,

Acute and late reactions to radiation therapy in patients with collagen vascular diseases.

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 1996-02

Induction and subsequent rupture of aneurysms of the circle of Willis after radiation therapy in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a plausible hypothesis.

JAMA, 2019 Apr 16

Effect of Doxepin Mouthwash or Diphenhydramine-Lidocaine-Antacid Mouthwash vs Placebo on Radiotherapy-Related Oral Mucositis Pain: The Alliance A221304 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Head Neck, 2016 Mar 29

Effectiveness of honey on radiation-induced oral mucositis, time to mucositis, weight loss, and treatment interruptions among patients with head and neck malignancies: A meta-analysis and systematic review of literature.

The Lancet. Oncology, 2017-05

Prevention of everolimus-related stomatitis in women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer using dexamethasone mouthwash (SWISH): a single-arm, phase 2 trial.

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