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Initial Detection and Evaluation: Intraoral Neoplasms

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Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology ((DION,volume 36))

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the principles and techniques used to detect and evaluate intraoral cancer. These concepts have direct clinical importance; survival rates, which vary with site, can be improved with early detection (figure 10–1) [1–7]. In addition, many people see their dentist routinely, thereby providing the opportunity for early detection. These clinicians should thus carefully and regularly examine all intraoral structures and palpate the neck in their patients, particularly those individuals at risk. By virtue of their training, dentists are the individuals most integrally involved with oral health and disease. Thus, the responsibility for early recognition of oral pathologic changes is frequently theirs.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Oral Diagnosis Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, 21201, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Douglas E. Peterson D.M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Program of Oncology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 21201, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Douglas E. Peterson D.M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  3. University of Maryland School of Medicine, 21201, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    E. George Elias M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Director of Surgical Oncology) (Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Director of Surgical Oncology)

  4. Division of Dentistry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Stephen T. Sonis D.M.D., D.M.Sc. (Chief, Associate Professor) (Chief, Associate Professor)

  5. Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Stephen T. Sonis D.M.D., D.M.Sc. (Chief, Associate Professor) (Chief, Associate Professor)

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Peterson, D.E., Overholser, C.D., Bergman, S.A., Beckerman, T. (1986). Initial Detection and Evaluation: Intraoral Neoplasms. In: Peterson, D.E., Elias, E.G., Sonis, S.T. (eds) Head and Neck Management of the Cancer Patient. Developments in Oncology, vol 36. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2289-4_10

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