207 Tooth extractions and weight loss in OPSCC 6 The patient’s financial and intellectual ability to modify their diet after tooth extractions may also have affected their capability to maintain weight, but accessing this privacy-sensitive data remains challenging. Following the procedure of tooth extraction, a reduced oral intake for approximately one or two weeks might lead to weight loss. Due to its retrospective character, we were not able to extract information on weight on the exact day of tooth extractions and on a standardized day after the procedure. However, a uniform moment of baseline measurements was defined, namely right before CRT/BRT initiation. Neither could we evaluate the effect of pain on oral intake since this was not reported in a standardized way and levels of treatment toxicity (mucositis, xerostomia) were not included in this study.
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