Article
Cytologic and DNA‐Cytometric Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer
1 Jan 2001
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this prospective study was to report on the diagnostic accuracy of conventional oral exfoliative cytology taken from white-spotted, ulcerated or other suspicious oral lesions in our clinic. In addition we checked DNA-image cytometry as an adjuvant diagnostic tool. Our hypothesis is that DNA-aneuploidy is a sensitive and specific marker for the early identification of tumor cells in oral...