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How do you approach a patient with locally advanced head and neck cancer requiring chemoradiation that needs extensive dental work from an oral surgeon, but because of insurance and social issues cannot feasibly get the teeth removed?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida

Treat them. Teeth won’t kill them, the cancer will.

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How do you approach a patient with locally advanced head and neck cancer requiring chemoradiation that needs extensive dental work from an oral surgeon, but because of insurance and social issues cannot feasibly get the teeth removed? | Mednet