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Oral complications associated with cancer therapy An M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience
Author(s) -
Toth Béle B.,
Martin Jack. W.,
Fleming Terence J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1992.tb01225.x
Subject(s) - mucositis , medicine , cancer , cancer therapy , intensive care medicine , dentistry , radiation therapy
. Oral complications associated with cancer therapy may not be inevitable. The intensity and duration can be prevented or alleviated by correcting existing oral‐dental pathology and maintaining meticulous oral care. Microbial (bacterial, fungal and viral) assessment not only allows appropriate documentation of mucositis versus mucosal infection but directs therapeutic treatment.