title: Cancer and orofacial pain.
abstract: Orofacial pain is commonly associated with cancer and may motivate patients to seek care from an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Pain may be a presenting symptom of primary tumors, metastatic disease, systemic cancer, or distant non-metastasized cancer. Patients with head and neck cancer undergoing therapy may suffer treatment-induced complications, which are often associated with acute pain. Following cancer therapy, permanent changes to tissues may cause late effects of treatment that may result in chronic orofacial pains. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons should be knowledgeable regarding these orofacial pain presentations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry, 801 South Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60612-7213, USA. fischerd@uic.edu
authors.forename: Dena J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Klasser
authors.forename: Joel B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000209:etiology; D053591:Referred Pain / Q000209:etiology; D014313:Trismus / Q000209:etiology