Browsing Research Articles (Periodontics and Oral Medicine) by Subject "Oral cancer (OC)"

Browsing Research Articles (Periodontics and Oral Medicine) by Subject "Oral cancer (OC)"

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  • Aetiology of oral cancer 
    Van Zyl, Andre W.; Marnewick, J.C. (Johan) (South African Dental Association, 2012-11)
    Oral cancer (OC) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) are used interchangeably, as more than 95% of all OCs are OSCCs. Worldwide up to 275 000 new cases of OC are seen every year. Most of these cases are seen in ...
  • Clinical features of oral cancer 
    Van Zyl, Andre W.; Bunn, Belinda Kathleen (South African Dental Association, 2012-11)
    Oral cancer (OC) is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Squamous cell carcinoma accounts for more than 90% of oral malignancies and occurs most frequently in middle-aged to elderly patients who smoke and drink ...
  • Early detection of oral cancer : who is responsible? 
    Van Zyl, Andre W.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2012-05)
    Oral squamous carcinoma or oral cancer (OC), as it is generally known, has an average five-year survival rate of less than 50%. This has not changed much in 50 years. The survival rate can be more than 90% with early ...