Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

In summary, this is a very useful reference text for anyone involved in the management of these complex and challenging patients. It increases the awareness of oral conditions, their causes, and by using evidence based medicine, a basis for sound treatment strategies.
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