Orofacial Supportive Care in Cancer A Contemporary Oral Oncology Perspective

This easy-to-use book equips clinicians and health care professionals with all the information that they will require in order to identify and manage orofacial complications of cancer therapy. Readers will find precise information on the presenting symptoms and signs associated with local or systemic complications associated with individual drugs or modes of therapy in cancer care. Guidance is provided whenever possible on the initial examinations to be performed in each circumstance and the investigations that can deliver a definitive diagnosis. The effective management of cancer complications are explained with the help of up to date clinical practice guidelines for the management of complications secondary to cancer therapy. In addition, an introductory section outlines contemporary principles of cancer management based on precision oral oncology principles. The text is supported by numerous highly informative clinical photographs, tables and a bibliography.

Management of Oral Cancer: Haematological Malignancies.- Solid Tumours and Medical Oncology.- Head and Neck Cancer.- Cancer and Radiation Oncology Orofacial Complications in Cancer Therapy: Oral Mucositis.- Oral Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Infections.- Xerostomia and Other Salivary Gland Disorders.- Soft Tissue and Hard Tissue Necrosis.- Trismus and Temporomandibular Dysfunction.- Cutaneous Manifestations.- Fibrosis and Scarring.- Dental and Oral Diseases.- Drug-Specific Complications.- Oral Assessment Tools.- Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD). Consequences of Orofacial Complications in Cancer Therapy: Dysphagia.- Dysgeusia.- Dysphonia.- Altered Nutrition. Oral Oncology in Different Populations: Geriatric Cancer Population.- Paediatric Cancer Population. Guidelines and Other Resources for Supportive Care Relevant to Oral Oncology: Role of Oral Oncologists in Supportive Care in Cancer.- Guidelines for Orofacial Complications Management.- Guidelines for Dental Management of the Cancer Patient.- Interpretation of Investigations.- Precision Oncology and Supportive Care in Cancer.

Raj Nair, MS, PhD, MRACDS (OM), is an academic, researcher and clinician in oral medicine and oral oncology. He has served as the Deputy Head of School and currently PhD Convenor and Discipline Head of Oral Medicine/Oral Oncology, Oral Pathology and Human Diseases at Griffith University and senior Oral Oncology Consultant, Haematology and Oncology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland Health, Australia. He is a member of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland with over 100 scientific publications, abstract presentations, books and book chapter contributions. He received his oral medicine/oncology clinical training as a fellow at Harvard and affiliated hospitals, USA and from the University of London, UK and his PhD from the University of Hong Kong in 1996. His research interests are in biomarkers for cancer using precision oncology and microbiome, photobiomodulation in cancer care and on treatment complications amongst cancer patients. He has been an invited consultant and reviewer for international clinical consensus, World Workshop in Oral Medicine, World Workshop in Oral Health and Diseases in AIDS and Oral Mucositis and Photobiomodulation in Cancer groups of Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Association of Oral Oncology. He has several leadership roles including President, Oral Medicine/Pathology Group, Chair, Membership Recruitment Committee, former Chair of Fellowship Committee of the of the IADR; former Vice President, Editor and Director Board Member of the ISOO, founding Board Member of International Group in Light in Oncology-Barcelona; founding Member of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia and Board Member of World Association of Photobiomodulation.