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Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Head/Neck Radiation (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 03/13/2008
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Changes to This Summary (03/13/2008)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Conditions Affected By Both Chemotherapy and Head/Neck Radiation 1

Added text 2 to state that xerostomia has a significant impact on quality of life (cited Jellema et al. as reference 3).



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1http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/oralcomplications/HealthProfe
ssional/180.cdr#Section_180
2http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/oralcomplications/HealthProfe
ssional/182.cdr#Section_182