Open AccessPretreatment Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index Predict Needs for Teeth Extractions for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
Author(s) -
Büşra Yılmaz,
Efsun Somay,
Uğur Selek,
Erkan Topkan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
therapeutics and clinical risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1178-203X
pISSN - 1176-6336
DOI - 10.2147/tcrm.s334556
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , chemoradiotherapy , inflammation , head and neck , immune system , oncology , cancer , surgery , immunology
To evaluate the utility of pretreatment systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) in predicting the teeth caries and need for tooth extraction after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT) for locally advanced squamous-cell head and neck cancer (LA-SCHNC) patients.