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Early detection and treatment of Speckled leukoplakia

Dental Journal, 2016
Background: Leukoplakia is one of potentially malignant disorders that can be found on oral mucosa. Speckled leukoplakia is a rare type of leukoplakia with a very high risk of premalignant growth.
Selviana Tampoma, Iwan Hernawan
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A comparative evaluation : oral leukoplakia surgical management using diode laser, CO2 laser, and cryosurgery [PDF]

, 2017
The comparatively evaluate the three surgical treatment modalities namely cryosurgery, diode and CO2 laser surgery in terms of healing outcomes on the day of surgery, first and second week post operatively and recurrence at the end of 18 months was ...
Natekar, Madhukar, Panicker, Archana G, Prashanth, Nagesh-Tavane, Raghuveer, Hosahallli-Puttaiah, Rangan, Vinod, Rayapati, Dilip-Kumar, Shobha, Eshwara-Singh   +6 more
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Loss of the Y Chromosome in Oral Potentially Premalignant Disorders Predicts Malignant Progression: An Integrative Cross‐Species Multi‐Cohort Bioinformatic Study

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The loss of the Y chromosome (LOY) and the extreme down‐regulation of Y chromosome gene expression (EDY) are frequently observed in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, their roles in oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) are unclear.
Rui Han, Jos B. Poell, Cristina Conde‐Lopez, Tuula Salo, Ina Kurth, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Jochen Hess   +6 more
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Expression of CD44 and SALL4 in Leukoplakia and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
CD44 and SALL4 are markers of stemness and expressed in cancer stem cells (CSCs). Their deregulated expression was seen in various tumors and has been correlated with clinical severity.
Sahoo Pravudeva, Panda Abikshyeet, Dash Kailash Chandra, Bhuyian Lipsa, Raghuvanshi Malvika, Panda Baisali   +5 more
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Current Evidence in Diagnosis and Treatment of Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2012
Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia is multifocal and progressive lesion with a high rate of malignant transformation. This short review highlights the diagnosis, traditional treatment and the current management of the disease.
Mohamed Yasser Kharma, Basal Tarakji
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Effect of smoking status and programmed death-ligand 1 expression on the microenvironment and malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia: A retrospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Tobacco smoking is associated with an increased risk of oral leukoplakia and head and neck cancer. Although it has recently been reported that the establishment of an immunosuppressive microenvironment in oral potentially malignant disorders may lead to ...
Takahiro Yagyuu, Naoki Funayama, Mitsuhiko Imada, Tadaaki Kirita   +3 more
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Evaluation of salivary Chemerin in oral leukoplakia, oral squamous cell carcinoma and healthy controls

Journal of Orofacial Sciences, 2023
Introduction: Chemerin is a multifunctional chemoattractant cytokine, encoded by RARRES2 gene. Its role in oral carcinogenesis is largely unexplored. Study was undertaken to evaluate the role of salivary chemerin as a potential biomarker in the early ...
Karthika Pradeep Susha, Rathy Ravindran
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Greater Attention to Gingival Cancer and Floor of Mouth Cancer: Based on a Retrospective Analysis of Oral Cancer Across Different Subsites

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The gingiva and floor of the mouth are distinct subsites, and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) originating in these locations warrants further indepth understanding. Methods This study enrolled patients with OSCC from 2000 to 2020, and analyzed the clinicopathological characteristics.
Hao Li, Yi Ding, Yansheng Wu, Yan Fang, Xinhua Li, Weifeng Shi, Shaoshi Chen, Ailin Yang, Jin Zhang, Ruoyu Shi, Chao Jing, Xudong Wang, Yuansheng Duan   +12 more
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Hairy Leukoplakia [PDF]

, 2017
Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is a disease of the mucosa first described in 1984. This pathology is associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and occurs mostly in people with HIV infection, both immunocompromised and immunocompetent, and can affect ...
Agarwala, Sanjiv S., Burgess, Jeff, Cade, James E., Lynch, Denis P, Stafford, Gary L, Vinson, Richard P.   +5 more
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Comparison of pain and swelling after removal of oral leukoplakia with CO2 laser and cold knife: a randomized clinical trial [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare conventional surgery with carbon dioxide (CO2) laser in patients with oral leukoplakia, and to evaluate the postoperative pain and swelling.
Camacho Alonso, Fabio, López Jornet, María Pía   +1 more
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