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Drug-Specific Orofacial Complications of Novel Anti-cancer Therapies

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Modern cancer therapy using drugs is evolving in a fast pace and so the understanding of complications arising from them. This chapter describes in detail all of the newer drugs, their mechanism of action, and potential complications that are pivotal to better care for a modern supportive care in cancer team.

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Gasper, H.M., Sanmugarajah, J. (2022). Drug-Specific Orofacial Complications of Novel Anti-cancer Therapies. In: Nair, R. (eds) Orofacial Supportive Care in Cancer . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86510-8_10

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