Keeping Your Mouth Healthy During Cancer Treatments

Cancer treatments can cause discomfort or side effects in your mouth, teeth or gums. This fact sheet tells you what you can do to help prevent or relieve these effects.

Treatments and surgical operations , Cancer, Oncology

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La santé de votre bouche et les traitements contre le cancer

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Installation Of A Subcutaneous Venous Catheter or Port-A-Cath

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