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Palliative Care in Oral Cancer Patients
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Palliative care is the care given to terminally ill patients to improve the quality of life. Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world with higher annual incidence. These oral cancer patients are not only compromised on general health but also on oral health, alleviation of pain, reducing the suffering, providing relief, treatment of any other complication which occur during treatment or post treatment are taken care in palliative care. The major concerns in these patients include mucositis, xerostomia, candidiasis, pain, dysphagia, dyspnoea, depression, anxiety and nutritional deficiencies.
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Oral Cancer, Pain, Dysphagia, Dyspnoea.
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