Supportive
Care in Cancer, January 2016, vol./is. 24/1(157-161)
Matsuo K.,
Watanabe R., Kanamori D., Nakagawa K., Fujii W., Urasaki Y., Murai M., Mori N.,
Higashiguchi T.
Adverse oral symptoms gradually appear in advanced cancer patients as the
disease progresses. We retrospectively investigated the associations between
the incidence of oral problems and the days to death (DTD) in patients
receiving palliative care. From their findings, the authors suggest that, during palliative care, oral complications appear
more frequently when the DTD period is shorter. These symptoms may be useful
indicators when deciding on the proper timing of intensive oral care
intervention to decrease oral problems and pain in terminally ill patients.