An overview of the risk factors associated with multiple oral premalignant lesions with a case report of extensive field cancerization in a female patient

Background: Field cancerization is a well-known and well-documented process of malignant transformation first coined by Slaughter et al. in 1953. Tobacco chewing was associated with the greatest increase in the risk of multiple oral premalignant lesions and may be the major source of field canceriza...

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Main Authors: Gadiputi Sreedhar, Masineni Narayanappa Sumalatha, Deepika Shukla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 2015-06-01
Series:Biomedical Papers
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Online Access:https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-201502-0002_An_overview_of_the_risk_factors_associated_with_multiple_oral_premalignant_lesions_with_a_case_report_of_extens.php