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Cancer of the Oral Cavity

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Cancer Diagnosis

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).

This study was supported in whole by funds from the National Instituted of Health, USA, under Indo-US Fund Research Agreement no.01–002N.

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  1. Abteilung für Cytopathologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, W-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Peter Bannasch

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Daftary, D.K., Murti, P.R., Bhonsle, R.B., Mehta, F.S. (1992). Cancer of the Oral Cavity. In: Bannasch, P. (eds) Cancer Diagnosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76899-6_3

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