Book Details
Orange Code:95281
Paperback:292 pages
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1. Introduction to Modern Cancer Diagnosis and Survivorship2. Hematologic Malignancies, Classification, and Update on Modern Interventions3. Solid Tumours and Update on Modern Medical Oncology Interventions4. Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology and Modern Radiation Therapy Techniques5. Oral Mucositis6. Oral Bacterial, Viral, and Fungal Infections7. Salivary Gland Diseases, Hyposalivation, and Xerostomia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients8. Soft Tissue and Hard Tissue Necrosis9. Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Trismus in Head and Neck Cancer Patients10. Drug-Specific Orofacial Complications of Novel Anti-cancer Therapies11. Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer12. Chemosensory Dysfunction in Head and Neck Cancer Patients13. Orofacial Supportive Care in Paediatric Cancer14. Oral Graft-Versus-Host Disease15. Dental Diseases and Management16. Interpretation of Investigations17. Photobiomodulation and Light Therapy in Oncology
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This easy-to-use book equips clinicians and health care professionals with all the information that they will require in order to identify and manage orofacial complications of cancer therapy. Readers will find precise information on the presenting symptoms and signs associated with local or systemic complications associated with individual drugs or modes of therapy in cancer care. Guidance is provided whenever possible on the initial examinations to be performed in each circumstance and the investigations that can deliver a definitive diagnosis. The effective management of cancer complications are explained with the help of up to date clinical practice guidelines for the management of complications secondary to cancer therapy. In addition, an introductory section outlines contemporary principles of cancer management based on precision oral oncology principles. The text is supported by numerous highly informative clinical photographs, tables and a bibliography.
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