Orofacial Supportive Care in Cancer : A Contemporary Oral Oncology Perspective

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.