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3p14 and 9p21 loss is a simple tool for predicting second oral malignancy at previously treated oral cancer sites.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 2002
Rosin Miriam P, Lam Wan L, Poh Catherine, Le Nhu D, Li Robert Jinze, Zeng Tao, Priddy Robert, Zhang Lewei
Abstract excerpt
Treatment induces reactive changes that often resemble low-grade dysplasia at former oral cancer sites, complicating histopathological assessment. We tested a set of microsatellite markers shown previously to be predictive of progression for oral premalignant lesions for the ability to predict development of second oral malignancy (SOM). Sixty-eight oral leukoplakia at former cancer sites (with known outcome, 36...
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