Main description:

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.

Contents:

Management of Oral Cancer: Haematological Malignancies.- Solid Tumours and Medical Oncology.- Head and Neck Cancer.- Cancer and Radiation Oncology Orofacial Complications in Cancer Therapy: Oral Mucositis.- Oral Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Infections.- Xerostomia and Other Salivary Gland Disorders.- Soft Tissue and Hard Tissue Necrosis.- Trismus and Temporomandibular Dysfunction.- Cutaneous Manifestations.- Fibrosis and Scarring.- Dental and Oral Diseases.- Drug-Specific Complications.- Oral Assessment Tools.- Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD). Consequences of Orofacial Complications in Cancer Therapy: Dysphagia.- Dysgeusia.- Dysphonia.- Altered Nutrition. Oral Oncology in Different Populations: Geriatric Cancer Population.- Paediatric Cancer Population. Guidelines and Other Resources for Supportive Care Relevant to Oral Oncology: Role of Oral Oncologists in Supportive Care in Cancer.- Guidelines for Orofacial Complications Management.- Guidelines for Dental Management of the Cancer Patient.- Interpretation of Investigations.- Precision Oncology and Supportive Care in Cancer.