Potential Utility of the Mallampati Score for Prediction of Treatment Compliance and Safety Profiles of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

Po Hsu Su; Chih Chung Hsu; Shun Wen Hsueh; Chia Yen Hung; Kun Yun Yeh; Hung Ming Wang; Chang Hsien Lu; Yu Ching Lin; Joseph Tung Chieh Chang; Wen Chi Chou

doi:10.21873/anticanres.16069

Potential Utility of the Mallampati Score for Prediction of Treatment Compliance and Safety Profiles of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

Po Hsu Su, Chih Chung Hsu, Shun Wen Hsueh, Chia Yen Hung, Kun Yun Yeh, Hung Ming Wang, Chang Hsien Lu, Yu Ching Lin, Joseph Tung Chieh Chang, Wen Chi Chou^*

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Background/Aim: Restriction of mouth opening (RMO) is a common manifestation of head and neck cancer (HNC) and a poor prognostic factor following concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) of patients. This study aimed to explore whether the Mallampati score, a visual assessment of the distance from the tongue base to the roof of the mouth, can be used as a surrogate for RMO in predicting treatment outcomes in patients with HNC undergoing CCRT. Patients and Methods: A total of 461 consecutive patients who received definitive CCRT for the treatment of locally advanced HNC between August 2016 and December 2017 at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan (Linkou, Keelung, and Kaohsiung branches) were enrolled in this prospective study. Patients were allocated by the pre-treatment Mallampati score of 1 or 2 (n=24) vs. 3 or 4 (n=207) to compare treatment compliance and treatment-related complications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5609-5618
Number of pages	10
Journal	Anticancer Research
Volume	42
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.16069
State	Published - 11 2022

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Mallampati score
chemoradiotherapy
head and neck cancer
outcome
restricted mouth opening
trismus

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Su, P. H., Hsu, C. C., Hsueh, S. W., Hung, C. Y., Yeh, K. Y., Wang, H. M., Lu, C. H., Lin, Y. C., Chang, J. T. C., & Chou, W. C. (2022). Potential Utility of the Mallampati Score for Prediction of Treatment Compliance and Safety Profiles of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. Anticancer Research, 42(11), 5609-5618. https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.16069

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Su, PH, Hsu, CC, Hsueh, SW, Hung, CY, Yeh, KY, Wang, HM, Lu, CH, Lin, YC, Chang, JTC & Chou, WC 2022, 'Potential Utility of the Mallampati Score for Prediction of Treatment Compliance and Safety Profiles of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy', Anticancer Research, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 5609-5618. https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.16069

Potential Utility of the Mallampati Score for Prediction of Treatment Compliance and Safety Profiles of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. / Su, Po Hsu; Hsu, Chih Chung; Hsueh, Shun Wen et al.
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Potential Utility of the Mallampati Score for Prediction of Treatment Compliance and Safety Profiles of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

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