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Volume 3 Issue 1 (January - March, 2015)

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CHEMOTHERAPY & ORAL COMPLICATIONS-THE MOST NEGLECTED SIDE OF CANCER
Vikas Kapoor, Shalini Basur, Amit Pandey

Oral complications from radiation to the head and neck or chemotherapy for any malignancy can compromise patients’ health and quality of life, and affect their ability to complete planned cancer treatment.In the future, dentists are increasingly likely to find that they have patients   in their care who may present before or after cancer treatment requiring urgent dental care. Appropriate preventive regimens and timely oral care can minimise complications and improve quality of life. The present article focuses on managing and preventing oral complications of cancer treatment.

 
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