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The association with xerostomia from sialadenitis and the jaw osteonecrosis in head and neck cancer population: a nationwide cohort study

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Abstract

Objectives

Determine the association between sialadenitis and osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients with varying severity of sialadenitis, treatment modalities, and cancer locations.

Materials and methods

A total of 40,168 HNC patients, including 1907 ONJ subjects and 7559 matched comparisons, were enrolled from a Longitudinal Health Insurance Database for Catastrophic Illness Patients of Taiwan between 2000 and 2006. The association with sialadenitis and ONJ was estimated by logic regression and presented as the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results

The occurrence of sialadenitis increased the risk of ONJ by 2.55-fold in HNC patients (95% CI = 2.20–2.95). The ONJ incidence was proportion to sialadenitis severity (OR = 2.53 to 4.43). Irradiated HNC patients had a higher tendency to develop jaw necrosis (osteoradionecrosis, ORN) (OR = 5.05, 95% CI = 4.39–5.80). When combined with irradiation exposure, sialadenitis significantly induced the occurrence of ORN (OR = 8.94, 95% CI = 7.40–10.8), especially in oral cancer patients (OR = 15.9 95% CI = 12.5–20.3). The risk of ONJ increased with radiotherapy dosage and duration, except for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) patients.

Conclusions

There was a close association between sialadenitis and ONJ in the HNC population. The severity of sialadenitis was positive correlated to ONJ risk. Radiotherapy combined with sialadenitis significantly raised ORN incidence in HNC patients except for NPC patients.

Clinical relevance

HNC patients complained that xerostomia from sialadenitis might increase the risk to develop ONJ, especially among those who received radiotherapy.

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Funding

This study is supported in part by Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial and Research Center of Excellence (MOHW105-TDU-B-212-133019), China Medical University Hospital, Academia Sinica Taiwan Biobank Stroke Biosignature Project (BM10501010037), NRPB Stroke Clinical Trial Consortium (MOST 104-2325-B-039-005), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CMRPG3C1791 and CMRPG3E1341), Far Eastern Memorial Hospital (FEMH-2016-C-036), Tseng-Lien Lin Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan Brain Disease Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, and Katsuzo and Kiyo Aoshima Memorial Funds, Japan.

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  1. Department of General Dentistry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, 33305, Taiwan

    Yi-Fang Huang

  2. School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan

    Yi-Fang Huang & Chung-Ta Chang

  3. Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

    Chih-Hsin Muo

  4. Department of Orthopedics, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

    Chun-Hao Tsai

  5. Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

    Chun-Hao Tsai

  6. Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, No. 91, Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung City, 40402, Taiwan

    Shih-Ping Liu

  7. Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

    Shih-Ping Liu

  8. Department of Social Work, Asia University, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan

    Shih-Ping Liu

  9. Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, No. 21, Sec. 2, Nanya S. Rd., Banciao Dist, New Taipei City, 22056, Taiwan

    Chung-Ta Chang

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Huang, YF., Muo, CH., Tsai, CH. et al. The association with xerostomia from sialadenitis and the jaw osteonecrosis in head and neck cancer population: a nationwide cohort study. Clin Oral Invest 23, 585–593 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-018-2465-3

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