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| Author(s): |
Simone Brasil Santos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2009-12-11 |
| Examining board members: |
André Lopes Carvalho;
Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis;
Addah Regina da Silva Freire
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| Advisor: | André Lopes Carvalho |
| Abstract | |
The increase of radiotherapy and chemotherapy intensity in the treatment of head and neck cancer has raised the incidence of side effects, specially of mouth mucositis. To evaluate the effect of the vitamin E and selenium supplementation in the prevention of the mucositis caused by the radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy in patients with upper aerodigestive ducts malign tumors. This study referred to at the Oncology Service of the UFMGs Oncology College. The sample has been constituted by patients with head and neck cancer and radiotherapy. 95 individuals were included, 78 (82,1%) male and 17 (17,9%) female, with a mean of age of 54+- 13,4, varying between 18 and 82 years old. The Selenium mineral and the Vitamin E were classified as Group A and B, respectively. The patients took one supplement capsule a day. The treatment started in the day of the radiotherapy session and ended one week after the radiotherapy . The mucositis was evaluated weekly by the services dentist surgeries. Data from 115 patients were collected. However, 20 patients were excluded from the study, therefore, 95 patients were analyzed. During the 10 weeks of patient follow-up, the mucositis presence evaluation was made weekly. We observed that 41 patients developed mucusitis during the radiotherapy treatment with or without chemotherapy, in both selenium and vitamin E groups. By evaluating the supplementation effects in the different levels of mucositis, it was observed that the great majority of individuals can be put in the level II classification (feed themselves normally, but with pain). Regardless the mucositis level, we have not found differences between the supplemented groups (p=0,559).In a period prior to this work, we observed in patients evaluated in the same clinic on a weekly frequency of mucositis 93% (ninety- three), of which 10.3% (ten) rated between grade 0 and grade 1, 72 , 5% (seventy two) grade 2 and 17.2%. (seventeen) of grade 3 and grade 4.We can suggest, therefore, that the supplementation with 10µg of selenium or 400mg of vitamin E have not been efficient in the mucositis prevention.In conclusion, this study has shown that the Selenium mineral and the Vitamin E supplementation did not prevent or retard the mucositis appearance. (AU) | |