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Author Biography

Andrew Davies, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK,Joel Epstein, Professor, Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry and Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and Cancer Center, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, USA

Dr Andrew Davies is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the Royal Marsden Hospital, which is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe. His main interests involve management of symptoms in cancer patients, particularly oral symptoms/problems (e.g. salivary gland dysfunction; oral candidosis). He trained in general medicine and oncology, before specialising in Palliative Medicine.

Dr Joel Epstein is Professor of Oral Medicine in the Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences and the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and a member of the Chicago Cancer Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His main interests are in early detection and management of oral premalignant lesions and supportive care in cancer including acute and chronic complications and quality of life.

Preface, Sol Silverman
1. Introduction, Andrew Davies & Joel Epstein
2. The oral cavity, Anita Sengupta & Anthony Giles
3. Oral assessment, Mike Brennan & Peter Lockhart
4. Common oral conditions, Katherine Webber & Andrew Davies
5. Pre-treatment screening, Peter Stevenson-Moore, Debbie Saunders & Joel Epstein
6. Oral hygiene measures, Petrina Sweeney & Andrew Davies
7. Oral cancer, Crispian Scully & Jose Bagan
8. Other tumours of the oral cavity, Barbara Murphy, Jill Gilbert & Anderson Collier III
9. Overview of complications of oral surgery, Antonia Kolokythas & Michael Miloro
10. Overview of complications of radiotherapy, Kate Newbold & Kevin Harrington
11. Trismus, Peter Dijkstra & Jan Roodenburg
12. Post-radiation osteonecrosis of the jaws, Fred Spijkervet & Arjan Vissink
13. Overview of complications of systemic chemotherapy, Douglas Peterson & Rajesh Lalla
14. Overview of complications of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Sharon Elad, Judith Raber-Durlacher & Michael Shapira
15. Oral mucositis, Stephen Sonis & Nathaniel Treister
16. Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws, James Sciubba and Joel Epstein
17. Oral infections - introduction, Susan Brailsford & David Beighton
18. Oral fungal infections, Lakshman Samaranayake & Mam Sitheeque
19. Oral bacterial infections, Anthony Chow
20. Oral viral infections, Deborah Lockhart & Jeremy Bagg
21. Salivary gland dysfunction, Andrew Davies
22. Taste disturbance, Carla Ripamonti & Fabio Fulfaro
23. Halitosis, Stephen Porter
24. Orofacial pain, Paul Farquhar-Smith & Joel Epstein
25. Miscellaneous problems, Andrew Davies
26. Oral care in paediatric patients, Allesandra Majorana & Fulvio Porta
27. Oral care in geriatric patients, Ira Parker, Joanne Mortimer & Joel Epstein
28. Oral care in advanced cancer patients, Andrew Davies
29. Quality of life and health economics, Jennifer Beaumont, David Cella & Josh Epstein
30. Sources of information, Andrew Davies & Joel Epstein

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