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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, squamous cell carcinoma and axillary metastasis [PDF]

, 2010
Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is an aggressive form of oral leukoplakia with multifocal presentation, high rates of recurrence and malignant transformation.
Gouvea, Adriele Ferreira, Reis, Rodrigo Ribas Dias, AE. Moreira, Lopes, Márcio Ajudarte, Gouvea, AF, RR. Reis, AF. Gouvea, Moreira, AEB, MA. Lopes, Lopes, MA, Almeida, Oslei Paes de, de Almeida, OP, OP. Almeida, Reis, RRD, Moreira, Adriana Elisa Brasil   +14 more
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Oral leukoplakia: Management protocol for primary health-care providers and family physicians

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2019
Oral cancer is very common in India. Most of the oral cancers develop on a potentially malignant (precancerous) lesion. Leukoplakia is the most common precancerous lesion in the oral cavity.
Ashok Kumar Jena, Jitendra Sharan, Swapnil Ghodke, V Anusuya, Uday Hemant Barhate   +4 more
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Cyclooxygenase-2 and Ki67 Expression in Oral Leukoplakia: a Clinicopathological Study

eJournal of Oral Maxillofacial Research, 2015
Objectives: Oral leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion of the oral mucosa. The upregulation of Ki67 and cyclooxygenase-2 has been reported in both dysplastic and non-dysplastic tissues.
Alper Sinanoglu, Merva Soluk-Tekkesin, Vakur Olgac   +2 more
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Oral Leukoplakia as It Relates to HPV Infection: A Review

International Journal of Dentistry, 2012
Leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant lesion of the oral cavity and can be categorised according to its clinical appearance as homogeneous or nonhomogenous. Tobacco and areca nut use, either alone or in combination are the most common risk
L. Feller, J. Lemmer
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Immunopathology of Oral Leukoplakia [PDF]

British Journal of Cancer, 1970
The lymphocyte transformation test was performed with autologous saline homogenates of leukoplakia.
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Correlation of Soluble CD44 Expression in Saliva and CD44 Protein in Oral Leukoplakia Tissues [PDF]

, 2021
Funding Information: Doctoral student Grant for R?ga Stradi?? University (RSU). This publication has been implemented with the support of the project no. 8.2.2.0/20/I/004 ?Support for involving doctoral students in scientific research and studies?
Čēma, Ingrīda, Dzudzilo, Madara, Regīna Kleina, Kleina, Regīna, Šimons Svirskis, Ingrīda Čēma, Svirskis, Šimons, Ivanda Franckevica, Madara Dzudzilo, Franckeviča, Ivanda   +9 more
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Oral potentially malignant disorders in older adults: A review

Dentistry Review, 2023
Oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) have been associated with an increased risk and prevalence of cancers in the oral cavity and the lips. This literature review presents an overview of these disorders, based on their clinical features. However,
Ana Contreras, Mohsin Mahmood, Hansel Montilla, Reyes Enciso, Phuu P. Han, Piedad Suarez-Durall   +5 more
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Evaluation of CD44 and TGF-B Expression in Oral Carcinogenesis

Journal of Dentistry, 2021
Statement of the Problem: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignancy of the oral cavity. Early diagnosis of OSCC by using biomarkers provides preventive treatment approach to suppress the disease in early stages.
Narges Ghazi , Nasrollah Saghravanian , Mohammad Taghi Shakeri , Mounes Jamali   +3 more
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Oral leukoplakia, the ongoing discussion on definition and terminology

, 2015
In the past decades several definitions of oral leukoplakia have been proposed, the last one, being authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO), dating from 2005.
Van der Waal, Isaäc, van der Waal, I.
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Study of Caspase 8 mutation in oral cancer and adjacent precancer tissues and implication in progression.

PLoS ONE, 2020
It is hypothesized that same driver gene mutations should be present in both oral leukoplakia and cancer tissues. So, we attempted to find out mutations at one of the driver genes, CASP8, in cancer and adjacent leukoplakia tissues.
Richa Singh, Shreya Das, Sila Datta, Anjana Mazumdar, Nidhan K Biswas, Arindam Maitra, Partha P Majumder, Sandip Ghose, Bidyut Roy   +8 more
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