| JNDA Vol. 11 No. 1 (January - June 2010) | |
Oral health considerations during anti-cancer therapy |
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| Pandey S, Pai KM, Nayak AG, Vineetha R, Amar S, Yogesh C | |
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| Abstract | |
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in any third world country. Various treatment modalities have been employed in the management of cancer. Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy are often used in the treatment of head and neck cancer, these different modalities of cancer treatment, have a significant potential of causing short and long-term oral complications. This review describes different oral complications caused by chemotherapy and radiation therapy and the methods of preventing and treating them. |
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| Keywords | |
Chemotherapy, Oral Complications, Radiation therapy |
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