Open AccessThe histological characteristics of clinically normal mucosa adjacent to oral cancer
Author(s) -
Miloš Čanković,
Miroslav Ilić,
Nada Vučković,
Marija Bokor-Bratić
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.113365
Subject(s) - cancer , oral mucosa , medicine , pathology
The 'field cancerization' theory tries to explain the risk of local recurrences and development of second primary tumors in oral sqamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients. According to this theory it is assumed that clinically normal mucosa adjacent to oral cancer, except molecular, has already developed certain premalignant histopathological changes.