INTRODUCTION. In the last decade almost 400.000 people suffered from oral cancer all around the world. Health care professionals may play a key role in reducing cancer prevalence by identifying premalignant oral lesions and by teaching patients at risk to modify their habits and to detect early cancer lesions. DIAGNOSIS. To make early diagnosis easier the clinician must be familiar with conventional diagnostic procedures (i.e. oral inspection and tissues palpation), but also with more recent techniques such as vital staining or oral brush biopsy. In addition to histological analysis, the clinicians should also be familiar with biological and molecular markers which are deemed to help both diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of premalignant and malignant lesions. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPROACH. This paper provides a comprehensive review of oral cancer epidemiology, premalignant and early cancer lesions, biological markers and, last but not least, it deals with the teaching role of health care providers.

Prevenzione e diagnosi precoce del cancro orale / A. Sardella, G. Lodi, F. Demarosi, L. Rimondini, A. Carrassi. - In: DENTAL CADMOS. - ISSN 0011-8524. - 76:3(2008), pp. 1-25.

Prevenzione e diagnosi precoce del cancro orale

A. Sardella
Primo
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G. Lodi
Secondo
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F. Demarosi;A. Carrassi
Ultimo
2008

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INTRODUCTION. In the last decade almost 400.000 people suffered from oral cancer all around the world. Health care professionals may play a key role in reducing cancer prevalence by identifying premalignant oral lesions and by teaching patients at risk to modify their habits and to detect early cancer lesions. DIAGNOSIS. To make early diagnosis easier the clinician must be familiar with conventional diagnostic procedures (i.e. oral inspection and tissues palpation), but also with more recent techniques such as vital staining or oral brush biopsy. In addition to histological analysis, the clinicians should also be familiar with biological and molecular markers which are deemed to help both diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of premalignant and malignant lesions. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPROACH. This paper provides a comprehensive review of oral cancer epidemiology, premalignant and early cancer lesions, biological markers and, last but not least, it deals with the teaching role of health care providers.
Epidemiology; Lesions; Oral cancer
Settore MED/28 - Malattie Odontostomatologiche
2008
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