title: [Oral and maxillofacial tumors and chronic alcoholism. Need for a holistic treatment approach from psychological point of view].
abstract: History taking and careful clinical examination reveal alcohol addiction in a great number of the patients with tumors of the lips, oral cavity and oral pharynx. Alcohol, as a cocancerogenic, is not only an important factor in the development of tumors of the upper digestive tube and the respiratory tract, but, as a habit-forming agent, may also present considerable problems for the affected patients. Hence the treatment plan was extended to include additional psychological aspects of the management of the disease and the problems of addiction. The psychological objectives are described and first results of this extended treatment concept are reported.
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authors.lastname: Kolbe
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authors.lastname: Hemprich
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Tumoren im Mund-Kiefer-Gesichtsbereich und Alkoholabhängigkeit. Zur Notwendigkeit der ganzheitlichen Behandlung aus psychologischer Sicht.