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Management of orofacial pain in cancer patients
1British Columbia Cancer Agency, 600 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4E6, Canada.
European Journal of Cancer. Part B, Oral Oncology
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Pain in patients with cancer may arise due to the primary disease, or due to therapy of the malignant disease. Pain may be caused by oral infection, oral mucositis, and by alteration in musculoskeletal and neurological function. The management of orofacial and oropharyngeal pain in patients with cancer is reviewed in this paper.
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