Oral complications of cancer and its management /
"Oral problems are common in cancer patients. They can be a part of the disease itself; they can develop as a result of treatment; they can accompany other symptoms and present as a comorbidity; and they can even first present after the original disease itself has been cured. Oral symptoms can...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The oral cavity
- Oral assessment
- Common oral conditions
- Pretreatment screening and management
- Oral hygiene
- Oral cancer
- Other tumours of the oral cavity
- Overview of complications of oral surgery
- Overview of complications of radiotherapy (radiation therapy)
- Trismus
- Post-radiation osteonecrosis (osteoradionecrosis) of the jaws
- Overview of complications of systemic chemotherapy
- Oral complications of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Oral mucositis
- Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws
- Oral infections
- Oral fungal infections
- Oral bacterial infections
- Oral viral infections
- Salivary gland dysfunction
- Taste disturbance
- Halitosis
- Orofacial pain
- Miscellaneous oral problems
- Oral care in paediatric cancer patients
- Oral supportive care and the geriatric oncology patient
- Oral care in advanced cancer patients
- Quality of life and health economics.