Diagnostic Aids in Oral Cancer Screening
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At the world level, head and neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer (Fedele 2009). Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) accounts for about 40% of head and neck and 90-95% of oral malignancies (Neville et al. 1995; Pektas et al. 2006). OSCC is proceeded by visible changes in the oral mucosa, such as: white plaque, redness, ulcer or exophytic lesion, with no other signs/symptoms. (Delavarian et al. 2010). If OSCC is diagnosed and treated in this stage, it will be curable and inexpensive to treat with excellent treatment outcomes and survival (Rosenberg and Cretin 1989).
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تاریخ انتشار 2012