Oral cancer patients experience mechanical and chemical sensitivity at the site of the cancer

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• who: Caroline M. Sawicki from the Oral cancer patients suffer severe chronic and mechanically-induced pain at the site of the cancerOur clinical experience is that oral cancer patients report new sensitivity to spicy foods. We hypothesized that in cancer patients, mechanical and chemical sensitivity would be greater when measured at the cancer site compared to a contralateral matched normal site. Methods: We determined mechanical pain thresholds (MPT) on the right and left sides of the tongue of , healthy subjects, and at the cancer and contralateral matched normal site in , oral cancer patients in response to von . . .
  

   

  

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