Abstract In the United States, cancers of the oral cavity and oropharynx represent
approximately three percent of all malignancies in men and two percent of all malignancies …

For both genders, cancer of the mouth and pharynx ranks sixth overall in the world; it is also
the third most common site among males in developing countries. In industrialized countries …

Objective. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a significant risk factor for uterine
cervical carcinoma. However, the role of HPV infection in oral squamous cell carcinoma …

Five percent of all tumors occur in the head and neck, and approximately half of those occur
specifically in the oral cavity. Of the 615,000 new cases of oral cavity tumors reported …

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. In this
paper we review the clinical and histological features of OLP, process of OLP diagnosis …

The chemotactic cytokines, or chemokines, comprise a superfamily of polypeptides with a
wide range of activities that include recruitment of immune cells to sites of infection and …

Studies on the involvement of the human papillomavirus (HPV) in initiation and progression
of oral neoplasia have generated conflicting results. The observed discrepancy is …

The clinical and histologic features alone cannot accurately predict whether potentially
malignant disorders of the oral mucosa remain stable, regress or progress to malignancy …

Lip cancer (140 ICD‐9) is a form of oral cancer that has a distinctive global epidemiology.
This review summarises global incidence rates for male and female lip cancer with the aid of …

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection with high-risk types 16 and 18 has widely been
reported as one of the prominent mechanisms behind the development of cervical …