Open AccessWell-armed is well started: A population-based study to assess risk stratification in potentially premalignant oral epithelial lesions
Author(s) -
R. Venugopal,
Radhika M Bavle,
M Sudhakara,
Soumya Makarla,
Sreelatha S Hosthor,
Punith Shetty
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_4_20
Subject(s) - medicine , grading (engineering) , papanicolaou stain , population , leukoplakia , dysplasia , chewing tobacco , incidence (geometry) , biopsy , oral mucosa , pathology , concomitant , cancer , cervical cancer , environmental health , civil engineering , physics , optics , engineering
The association between potentially premalignant oral epithelial lesions (PPOEL), oral squamous cell carcinoma and its higher incidence in South-East Asian population due to the use of arecanut, pan, slaked lime and tobacco is well known. The study was carried out in urban and rural population of Bengaluru, Karnataka, to assess and correlate the pattern of habit, clinical presentation and cytological grading of PPOELs, attempting at identifying the main arms associated with risk of malignant transformation.