1Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research
2Professor and Head of the Department Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research
3Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research
4Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research
*Corresponding Author: Dr. E. Rajesh MDS, Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research. Phone: 9841006785, Email: rajeshomfp@gmail.com
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
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.
Oral cancer, Pain, Dysphagia, Dyspnoea
