Radiation-induced Oral Mucositis in Brazilian Patients: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Aim: To determine the prevalence of radiation-induced oral mucositis (OM) and associated factors.A cross-sectional retrospective study was performed at a reference dental care center. The medical records of patients submitted to radiotherapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer were used to collect clinical and demographic variables. The data were submitted to descriptive analysis and multivariate Poisson regression with robust variance...