Material selection of intraoral stents for head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy: A Multi-criteria, Multi-physics design approach
Materials & Design(2023)
Abstract
ABS T R A C T Radiation therapy (RT) plays a key role in curative-intent treatments for head and neck cancer (HNC). Despite the advancements in RT, high doses of radiation can disrupt the oral cavity homeostasis and result in undesired reactions. Thus, intraoral stents (IOSs) are utilized for patients during RT to prevent unnecessary irradiation to surrounding tissues. However, no studies have compared commonly used IOS materials and their potential toxicity. Therefore, the objective of this study is to perform a detailed assessment of ten IOS materials in order to select the top-ranked material for HNC patients undergoing RT. Thus, beam attenuation measurements, and Raman spectroscopy and mechanical testing were con-ducted pre-and post-artificial saliva, RT, and artificial saliva and RT exposure. Finally, through a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) analysis using Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), our study demonstrated that Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) was the top-ranked material. The saliva samples were also tested via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which showed no leaching of irradiated materials. Taken together, these data suggest that EVA is an appropriate IOS material that can be utilized during RT to reduce significant morbidity for HNC patients and improve their quality of life. & COPY; 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Key words
Head and Neck Cancer,Radiotherapy,Intraoral stents,Backscatter radiation,Multicriteria decision making
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