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. 2024 May 6;13:36. doi: 10.1186/s13741-024-00394-8

Table 4.

Responses of patients to the question “do you have any concerns regarding your mouth related to undergoing surgery?” and the decisions of dentists by the disease

Dentist decision Total
Intervention is desirable No problem
A. Primary esophageal cancer
 Response Yes 12 (19.7%) 0 (0.0%) 12 (19.7%)
No 26 (42.6%) 23 (37.7%) 49 (80.3%)
 Total 38 (62.3%) 23 (37.7%) 61 (100%)
B. Primary lung cancer
 Response Yes 13 (10.7%) 9 (7.4%) 22 (18.0%)
No 44 (36.1%) 56 (45.9%) 100 (82.0%)
 Total 57 (46.7%) 65 (53.3%) 122 (100%)