Open AccessA Comparison of Clinicopathological Differences in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Patients Below and Above 40 Years of Age
Author(s) -
Supriya Nikita Kapila,
Srikant Natarajan,
Karen Boaz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/27828.10600
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , metastasis , incidence (geometry) , basal cell , distant metastasis , mitotic index , age groups , pathology , cancer , gastroenterology , oncology , biology , demography , mitosis , physics , sociology , optics , microbiology and biotechnology
Recent times have revealed an increase in incidence of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) in young adults including those who lack association with typical risk factors such as tobacco. There are reported variations in clinical behaviour of tumours in young and older individuals.