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Malignant transformation rate of oral leukoplakia: A meta analysis

Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2020
Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma is the most common form of head and neck cancer which is sometimes preceded by potentially malignant disorders such as leukoplakia.
P Ramaswamy, Ch Sai Kiran, B Mrudula Raju, Munipati Swathi Kiranmai   +3 more
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A comparative investigation of the activity of superoxide dismutase in patients with leukoplakia and healthy controls

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2022
Context and Aim: Oral leukoplakia has recently been re-defined as “a predominantly white lesion of the oral mucosa that cannot be characterised as any other definable lesion”.
Jobin Mathew Kuthoor, Esther Anuradha Sunil, Sindhu Edakkadath Raghavan, Binitha Ponnamparambil Purushothaman   +3 more
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Oral leukoplakia, the ongoing discussion on definition and terminology [PDF]

, 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
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Estimation of Circulating Immune Complexes in patients with Oral Leukoplakia and Oral Submucous Fibrosis: A Case Control Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Purpose of the Study: The present study was conducted to estimate the serum levels of Circulating Immune Complexes in patients with Oral Leukoplakia ,Oral sub mucous fibrosis and normal subjects and correlate these values with the clinical grades of ...
Maheswari H., Eswaran M.A., Srividhya S., Malavika R., Prabhu R., Geetha K.R.   +5 more
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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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Estimation of Salivary Levels of an Inhibitory Apoptotic Protein Survivin in Oral Leukoplakia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma. [PDF]

Arch Razi Inst
Saxena P, Mane DR.
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Frequent detection of high human papillomavirus DNA loads in oral potentially malignant disorders [PDF]

, 2016
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is estimated to be the cause of 40-80% of the squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx but only of a small fraction of the oral cavity cancers.
ANTONELLI, Guido, CANNELLA, FABIANA, Ciolfi, Chiara, GENTILE, Massimo, PALAIA, GASPARE, PIERANGELI, Alessandra, POLIMENI, Antonella, ROMEO, Umberto, RUSSO, CLAUDIA, SCAGNOLARI, CAROLINA, SCIANDRA, ILARIA   +10 more
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Immunohistochemical Evaluation of EGFR Expression in Oral Dysplastic and Non-Dysplastic Leukoplakia [PDF]

Journal of Mashhad Dental School, 2023
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in oral leukoplakia with and without dysplasia and normal mucosa by immunohistochemistry.Materials and Methods: In this study, 45 samples of oral ...
Nasrollah Saghravanian, Narges Ghazi, Abdollah Javan rashid, Mohammad Ebrahimi   +3 more
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Feasibility of recruitment to an oral dysplasia trial in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) has a malignant potential. Therapeutic options for OED remain both limited and without good evidence. Despite surgery being the most common method of treating OED, recurrence and potentially significant ...
Dunn, Janet A., Langman, Michael J., Mehanna, Hisham M., Nankivell, Paul   +3 more
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