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Importance of a dental approach in head and neck cancer therapy
Author(s) -
GÜNERI Pelin,
ÇANKAYA Hülya
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
asia‐pacific journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1743-7563
pISSN - 1743-7555
DOI - 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2005.00024.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , head and neck cancer , cancer , head and neck , intensive care medicine , cancer therapy , population , oral health , chemotherapy , dentistry , surgery , environmental health
Recent developments in molecular and genetic science have led to the early diagnosis of malignant cellular alterations of oral tissues, and escalated the number of new oral cancer cases detected each year. However, the treatment methods of cancer have not changed too much over the years, and the complications of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy have continued to cause severe oral problems. Due to the increased frequency of this type of cancer in the population, dental practitioners have more opportunity to treat these patients. Therefore, dental health‐care providers should continuously up‐date their knowledge, not only about the oral cancer therapy and its oral complications, but also about its prevention and management options.