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Role of TP53 in the progression of pre-malignant and malignant oral mucosal lesions. A follow-up study of 144 patients.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Aug 2009
Ogmundsdóttir H M, Björnsson J, Holbrook W P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prediction of progression from pre-malignant oral mucosal lesions to malignancy, or recurrence of an existing oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), is an important clinical problem in oral medicine. METHODS: This study presents a follow-up of a study published in 2002. Samples from 54 patients with OSCC, 45 with oral lichen planus (OLP) and 45 with hyperkeratosis (clinically leukoplakia), diagnosed...
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