The metastasis of malignant tumors to the oral cavity remains a rare clinical entity. Most metastatic tumors have the propensity for involving the mandible rather than the oral soft tissues. Herein, we describe an unusual case of ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma that metastasized to the mandibular gingiva as an initial manifestation. There is little information regarding metastatic ovarian c...

This article depicts the various applications of Vizilite plus in oral cancer. The oral cavity demonstrates a variety of red and white, pigmented and vesiculo- bullous lesions. Oral cancer still happens to carry the highest mortality worldwide, especially in India. In India, the prime focus is on the downstreaming of oral cancer from an advanced stage to an early diseased state. The techniques ...

It is indisputable that the effective treatment of malignancies is often limited by the harm inflicted on normal, healthy cells [1]. Given their high rate of turnover, mucosal cells in the oral cavity are highly susceptible to the toxic effects of cancer treatment [2]. Toxicities of the oral cavity, which include mucositis and stomatitis, are some of the most significant and unavoidable toxicit...

BACKGROUND There is convincing evidence that alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer of the colorectum, breast, larynx, liver, esophagus, oral cavity and pharynx. Most of the data derive from studies that focused on the effect of moderate/high alcohol intakes, while little is known about light alcohol drinking (up to 1 drink/day). PATIENTS AND METHODS We evaluated the association bet...

INTRODUCTION As one of the most common cancers among head and neck malignancies, cancer of the oral cavity probably has some variations in countries with a high prevalence of esophageal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with oral cavity cancer who were treated at two tertiary referral centers from January 1999 to January 2009 were included in this study. In addition to demographic data, ...

IMPORTANCE The relatively high and possibly rising incidence of mouth squamous cell carcinoma in nonsmokers, especially women, without obvious cause has been noted by previous authors. Is chronic dental trauma and irritation a carcinogen, and what is its importance compared with human papillomavirus (HPV) oropharyngeal cancer in nonsmokers? OBJECTIVE To determine whether oral cavity cancers o...

Cancer is one of the major threats to public health in the developed world and increasingly in the developing world. In developed countries cancer is the second most common cause of death. According to the World Health Report 2004 (1), cancer accounted for 7.1 million deaths in 2003 and it is estimated the overall number of new cases will rise by 50% in the next 20 years (2). Oropharyngeal canc...

The reconstruction of defects in the oral cavity after a large resection of intraoral cancer is relatively difficult because of its specific anatomical char acter and the exposure to infection from the oral bacterial flora. A forehead flap, or a deltopectoral flap, and a recently developped free flap with microvascular anastmosis has been the chosen method for the recon struction of defects in ...

Oral cancer is one of the 10 most common cancers in the world, with a delayed clinical detection, poor prognosis, without specific biomarkers for the disease and expensive therapeutic alternatives. This review aims to present the fundamental aspects of this cancer, focused on squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (OSCC), moving from its definition and epidemiological aspects, addressing th...