Open AccessClinical correlative study on early detection of oral cancer and precancerous lesions by modified oral brush biopsy and cytology followed by histopathology
Author(s) -
Swati Gupta,
Jigna S Shah,
Shilpa J Parikh,
Piyush Limbdiwala,
Sumit Goel
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.4103/0973-1482.136539
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , cytology , exfoliative cytology , cancer , histopathology , radiology , pathology
Oral cancer accounts for 5% of all malignant tumors and 60% of these lesions are well advanced at the time of diagnosis. The early diagnosis could prevent a large number of deaths due to this disease.