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Cancer therapy–related salivary dysfunction

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

We discuss salivary gland anatomy and physiology to understand how anticancer therapies such as chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy impair salivary function. Consequently, changes in salivary function can profoundly impair quality of life for cancer patients.

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