Progression of precancerous lesions to oral cancer: Results based on the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database

Oral Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 427-430

  Lian, Ie Bin ^a   Tseng, Yao Ting ^a   Su, Che Chun ^a,b   Tsai, Kuo Yang ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Oral leukoplakia; Oral submucous fibrosis; Premalignant lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH DISEASE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875709070     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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