Malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia: A retrospective cohort study of 218 Chinese patients

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Liu, Wei ^a   Wang, Yu Feng ^a   Zhou, Hai Wei ^a   Shi, Peng ^a   Zhou, Zeng Tong ^a   Tang, Guo Yao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUTH CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ASIAN; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650145098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-685     Document Type: Article

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