Document Type

Article (Restricted)

Publication Date

1-1-1984

Abstract

29 patients with buccal carcinoma were reviewed for the clinical signs and symptoms. The TNM classification following the UICC categories were used for the clinical staging of the lesion. The patient?s race, age, sex and habits were also noted. Most of these patients presented with advanced lesions. The most common signs and symptoms were pain and ulcerations (62%). The histopathology of a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma forms a great majority of these lesions (62%). Each of the sign and symptom is discussed in relation to other findings that had been reported.

Keywords

Aged, Carcinoma, Cheek, Female, Human, Male, Mandibular Neoplasms, Middle Age, Mouth Mucosa, Mouth Neoplasms, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Skin Neoplasms, Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, OSCC, Lichenoid Lesions, Lichen Planus, Oral Cancer, oral tumours, pemphigus, traumatic eosinophilic granuloma, aphthous ulcers, oral Mucosal Lesions, Betel Chewers Mucosa, Betel Quid Related Lesions, Betel Quid, Areca Quid, Tobacco Quid, Oral Cancer Screening, Training and Calibration, Early Detection, Oral Cancer Awareness, Biobanking, Tissue Bank, Databank, Oral Cancer, Tissue Bank, Research Credibility, Research Ethics.

Divisions

OralPathologyOralMedicinePeriodontology

Publication Title

Singapore Medical Journal

Volume

25

Issue

4

Additional Information

Prof. Dr. Rosnah Mohd Zain Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya

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