Perioperative considerations of the patient on cancer chemotherapy.
Chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer has made great progress over the past 25 years and is frequently used as an important component of combined-modality therapy with surgery and radiation. Individuals undergoing cancer treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs frequently experience oral complications that may require oral surgical intervention. This article reviews the categories of drugs that are used and their side effects, and possible management strategies for patients undergoing cancer treatment with chemotherapy drugs in oral surgery practice.
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Orrett E
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Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 760 Broadway, Room 3C-320, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA. orrett.ogle@woodhullhc.nychhc.org
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