Nikoui M, Lalonde B
Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université de Montréal.
J Can Dent Assoc. 1996 May;62(5):443-6, 449-50.
Every year in Canada, approximately one thousand cancer cases are reported in children from birth to age 14. Leukemia accounts for approximately 30 per cent of these cases. Leukemia and its treatment are likely to cause to children more oral complications than all other types of cancer. Both the leukemic condition itself and the therapy cause oral signs and symptoms with significant morbidity. Since life expectancy for a patient with leukemia has been greatly improved, dentists have an increasing role to play before, during and after a treatment against leukemia. A review of the oral manifestations related to leukemia and its treatment is presented.
在加拿大，每年约有1000例14岁及以下儿童癌症病例被报告。白血病约占这些病例的30%。与所有其他类型的癌症相比，白血病及其治疗可能给儿童带来更多的口腔并发症。白血病本身及其治疗都会引发具有明显发病率的口腔体征和症状。由于白血病患者的预期寿命已大幅提高，牙医在白血病治疗前、治疗期间及治疗后的作用越来越大。本文对与白血病及其治疗相关的口腔表现进行综述。
