Pedro Diz Dios

Senior Lecturer in Special Needs Dentistry School of Medicine and Dentistry, Santiago de Compostela University, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

13. Pain

Cancer pain may arise from tumour invasion (especially where nerves are infiltrated), ulceration and infection, and the effects of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures (surgery, RT or CTX). Cancer...

7. Staging and diagnostic clinical aids

Conventional oral exploration (visual and palpation examination) constitutes the current gold standard for oral cancer screening, while biopsy and histopathological examination are indispensable for...