Open AccessCancers of upper gingivobuccal sulcus, hard palate and maxilla: A tertiary care centre study in North India
Author(s) -
Vijay Kumar,
V A Sindhu,
Sivaprakash Rathanaswamy,
Jaswant Jain,
Jaipalreddy Pogal,
Naseem Akhtar,
Sameer Gupta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.127652
Subject(s) - medicine , hard palate , neck dissection , adenoid cystic carcinoma , radiation therapy , malignancy , surgery , cancer , mucoepidermoid carcinoma , carcinoma
Oral cancer is the sixth most common malignancy in the world, and the third most common in southeast Asia. Cancers of the upper gingivo-buccal complex are uncommon and reported infrequently. In this article, we have assessed the clinicopathological features of such cancers and their optimal management.