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Progress in determining the malignant potential of oral lesions
Author(s) -
Scully C.,
Sudbø J.,
Speight P. M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2003.00108.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dysplasia , epithelial dysplasia , pathology , carcinoma , dermatology
The dilemma in managing patients with potentially malignant oral lesions and field change is of deciding which mucosal lesions or areas will progress to carcinoma. Although dysplasia may be predictive, this is not invariable, and there can be considerable inter‐ and intraexaminer variation in that diagnosis. Recent data on molecular and DNA changes in potentially malignant lesions suggest that it is now feasible to identify those lesions that are truly potentially malignant.