Background: To screen for oral cancer or not is being debated, but for high‐risk populations
with minimal access to regular dental care systematic oral examinations could provide some …

Aims: A case-control study was carried out to assess the prevalence and various risk factors
among potentially malignant disorders (PMD) and oral cancer patients of central India …

Background. Oral mucosa is encountered by various lesions and normal variants. Some are
not to be worried about, whereas others may be of significance. Knowing the prevalence of …

Oral submucosal fibrosis (OSF) is a premalignant disorder of the oral cavity, and areca nut
chewing is known to be a major etiological factor that could induce epithelial to …

Background: Oral Cancer is a major public health problem in most of the South East Asian
countries including Sri Lanka. Use of tobacco in the form of smokeless tobacco and …

Background: Oral and pharyngeal cancers constitute the sixth most common type of cancer
globally, with high morbidity and mortality. In many countries, most cases of oral cancer arise …

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a progressive scarring disease. Micro RNA‐200b (miR‐
200b) has been reported as a tumour suppressor, but its role in the precancerous OSF …

Background/Purpose Emerging research findings suggest that long non-coding RNAs
(lncRNAs) are key regulators to fibrosis formation. Nevertheless, the role of lncRNA GAS5 …

Background/Purpose MicroRNA-200c (miR-200c) recently emerged as an important
regulator of tumorigenesis and cancer metastasis, however, its role in regulating oral …

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma and the most common oral pre‐malignancies
appear to be related to the habit of betel‐quid chewing in Sri Lanka. Although …