Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews · Oral medicine and oral cancer

No studies found 1 · 25%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 75%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Adverse events associated with treatment · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment 2023 · Cochrane All outcomes
Adverse events: severe acute effects in both groups (subcutaneous fibrosis, telangiectasia, moderate-to-severe oedema, xerostomia, trismus, dysphagia); subcutaneous fibrosis more prevalent with surgery + radiotherapy…
1 study · 35 participants
Very low

Adverse events associated with treatment · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment 2023 · Cochrane All outcomes
Adverse events: not reported for any participants (Iyer 2015).
0 studies
No studies found

Adverse events associated with treatment · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer with nodal disease (stage N2 or N3)

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment 2023 · Cochrane All outcomes
Adverse events: 22 surgical complications in the PET-CT group vs 83 in the planned-surgery group (Mehanna 2017).
1 study · 564 participants
Very low

Adverse events associated with treatment · Adults with oropharyngeal cancer

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment 2023 · Cochrane All outcomes
Adverse events: grade 2+ treatment-related events similar (31/34 radiotherapy vs 33/34 surgery; RR 0.94, 0.83 to 1.06); more hearing loss/neutropenia/constipation/tinnitus with radiotherapy, more oral bleeding/trismus…
1 study · 68 participants
Very low