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How do you manage dry mouth after head and neck RT?

Please share your tips on dealing with short and long term xerostomia.
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Radiation Oncology · Stanford University School of Medicine
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I think it is important to very clearly explain to the patient that xerostomia is common and even should be expected, even in the era of highly conformal treatment plans. If a patient is highly motivated to preserve saliva, pilocarpine can be used concurrently with radiation where it has been shown ...

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Radiation Oncology · Finger Lakes Radiation Oncology Center
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The product “Caphosol” should be part of your program for management of treatment induced caries. /Sid Sobel, M.D., FACR

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