Oral lichenoid contact reactions may occasionally transform into malignancy

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 525-529

  Larsson, A ^a   Warfvinge, G ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lichenoid reactions; Oral cancer; Oral lichen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28044442253     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200512000-00006     Document Type: Article

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