www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 1379 History The first step in patient assessment is obtaining a thorough history including the presence of risk factors and symptoms. Most neoplastic diseases occur from an inherent tendency or enhanced genetic susceptibility combined with multiple exposures to substances that contribute to the initiation or promotion of carcinogenic change. The two m...

Oral cancer accounts for 2 percent to 4 percent of all cancers diagnosed each year in the United States. In contrast to other cancers, the overall U.S. survival rate from oral cancer has not improved during the past 50 years, mostly due to late-stage diagnosis. Several noninvasive oral cancer detection techniques that emerged in the past decade will be discussed, with a brief overview of most c...

Global reports estimate 600 million betel quid (BQ) chewers. BQ chewing has been demonstrated not only to be a risk factor for cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx and oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) but also to cause other cancers and adverse health effects. Herein, we summarized the international comparison data to aid in the understanding of the close relationship between the p...

evaluation of urmia dentists knowledge attitude practes a bout oral cancer in 2010     ala aghbali a [1] * , vosough hossani s [2] , mahmoudifar f [3] , mahmoudi sm [4] , janani m [5] ,fattahi s 4 , parvisnia r [6]     received: 3july, 2011 accepted: 23september, 2011     abstract   background & aims: most oral cancers are diagnosed in the late stages. since dentists can play a critical role in...

OBJECTIVES Oral tongue cancer may have a distinct epidemiological profile from other mucosal neoplasms of the oral cavity. We sought to further define the demographic characteristics associated with oral tongue cancer to determine if unique characteristics exist compared with other oral cavity cancers. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis using cross-tabulations and multivariate regression m...

Oral cancer is the most common cancer found in both men and women. Early Detection of Oral Cancer is important in saving life. Dental Radiographs assists experts in identifying cancers grown inside the mouth. To help radiologists, Computer Aided Detection and Computer Aided Diagnosis algorithms are developed. The algorithms help to identify cancers by reducing the need for Biopsy. This paper gi...

Like cigarette smoking, the risks from cigar smoking increase with increased exposure. For example, compared with someone who has never smoked, smoking only one to two cigars per day doubles the risk for oral and esophageal cancers. Smoking three to four cigars daily can increase the risk of oral cancers to more than eight times the risk for a nonsmoker, while the chance of esophageal cancer is...

Abstract Background Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been causally linked to a subset of oropharyngeal cancers in Western populations, and both cancer oral HPV are increased among HIV-positive individuals. India high incidences cancers, Indian men who have sex with (MSM) may be at risk developing cancers. However, there is little information available on the prevalence this populat...