Coordinated Oral Health Care in Patients With Cancer

Abstract Introduction Cancer therapy, either with ionizing radiation or chemotherapeutic agents, is based on the principle of destruction of rapidly replicating cancer cells. Although effective in holding back or eradicating cancer growth, it also causes unavoidable damage to normal cells. The short...

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Main Authors: Rose Geist, James Geist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of American Medical Colleges 2013-04-01
Series:MedEdPORTAL
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Online Access:http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9382