CURRENT STATUS OF RETINOIDS IN CHEMOPREVENTION OF ORAL SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA - AN OVERVIEW

Authors
Citation
Ba. Conley et Ra. Ord, CURRENT STATUS OF RETINOIDS IN CHEMOPREVENTION OF ORAL SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA - AN OVERVIEW, Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery, 24(6), 1996, pp. 339-345
Citations number
56
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine",Surgery
ISSN journal
1010-5182
Volume
24
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
339 - 345
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-5182(1996)24:6<339:CSORIC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx may be amena ble to chemoprevention. This review focuses on current concepts of mec hanisms in oral carcinogenesis, as well as the evidence that retinoids have a role in the primary and secondary prevention of this malignanc y.