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Oral Care During Cancer Treatment

Posted in Coping with cancer, General Information, Side Effects, Treatment • Tags: , , , • Author: Tina Radcliffe

Of the 1.2 million Americans diagnosed with cancer each year, approximately 400,000 will develop oral complications from their treatments. (Source: ACS)

While eliminating oral complications is not possible, the goal is to educate and prevent severe levels of stomatitis, and mucositis which will prevent the completion of treatment or lead to infections that can spread via the bloodstream through a cancer patient’s already compromised immune system.

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Posted on June 17, 2008 by Tina Radcliffe • There are no comments, hop to it!