Research Article
Variation of Energy in Photobiomodulation for the Control of Radiotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis: A Clinical Study in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Table 3
Clinical features of the cases.
| | | Group | | | 0.25 J | 1.0 J |
| | Mean age (year) | | 59.5 | 59.5 | >0.05 | | Smokers | | 29 (96.7%) | 26 (89.3%) | >0.05 | | Alcoholics | | 28 (93.3%) | 26 (89.3%) | >0.05 | | Primary tumor location | Larynx | 13 (43.3%) | 10 (35.7%) | >0.05 | | Oropharynx | 9 (30.0%) | 7 (25.0%) | | Mouth | 8 (26.7%) | 11 (39.3%) | | Clinical stage of primary tumors | I or II | 5 (16.7%) | 7 (25.0%) | >0.05 | | III or IV | 25 (83.3%) | 21 (75.0%) | | Association to chemotherapy | | 23 (76.7%) | 18 (64.3%) | >0.05 | | Tumoral recurrence | | 8 (26.7%) | 6 (21.4%) | >0.05 |
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