Field cancerization: A review

Concept of field cancerization was first introduced over six decades ago in the setting of oral cancer. Later, field cancerization involving histologic and molecular changes of neoplasms and adjacent tissue was explained. Field cancerization involves the lateral spread of pre-malignant or malignant...

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Main Authors: M Aparna, Prashanth Shenai, Laxmikanth Chatra, K M Veena, Prasanna Kumar Rao, Rachana V Prabhu, K A Shahin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.amhsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2321-4848;year=2013;volume=1;issue=2;spage=136;epage=139;aulast=Aparna