1. Cancer of the Oral Cavity
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R. B. Bhonsle, D. K. Daftary, P. R. Murti, and F. S. Mehta
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,South asia ,Geographic area ,business.industry ,Verrucous carcinoma ,Cancer ,Precancerous lesion ,medicine.disease ,Oral cavity ,stomatognathic diseases ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Basal cell ,business - Abstract
The term oral cancer refers to all malignancies that arise in the oral cavity. Squamous cell carcinoma, however, is the most common, accounting for well over 90%. In this paper the term oral cancer is used to describe squamous cell carcinoma comprising ICD (9th revision) site groups 140, 141, 143–145. Oral cancer is one of the ten most common cancers globally (WHO 1984). Its distribution, however, varies from one geographic area to another. It ranks 6th and 9th among men and women in North America while it ranks 1st and 3rd in middle to south Asia (Parkin et al. 1984).
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- 1992
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