Management of oral pain in patients with malignant diseases.
Painful oral complications are common in patients undergoing treatment for malignant diseases. Correct diagnosis of painful oral lesions, as well as identification of etiological factors and appropriate therapy, are imperative for this group of patients. Oral mucosites, infections, and graft-versus-host disease and their respective current and prospective methods of management are reviewed.
Barasch
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Department of Oral Diagnosis, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, Farmington, USA.
Safford
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents