Progression of precancerous lesions to oral cancer: Results based on the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database

• Published in: Oral oncology Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 427 - 430
• Main Authors: Lian, Ie-Bin, Tseng, Yao-Ting, Su, Che-Chun, Tsai, Kuo-Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic - pathology; Cohort Studies; Databases, Factual; Disease Progression; Epidemiology; Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology; Follow-Up Studies; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Leukoplakia, Oral - pathology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms - pathology; Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects); Non tumoral diseases; Oral leukoplakia; Oral submucous fibrosis; Oral Submucous Fibrosis - pathology; Otolaryngology; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Precancerous Conditions - pathology; Premalignant lesions; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Taiwan; Time Factors; Tumors; Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology; Young Adult; Asia; Taiwan; Premalignant lesions; Oral submucous fibrosis; Oral leukoplakia; Epidemiology; Health insurance; Premalignant lesion; Oral cancer; Stomatology; Oral administration; ENT; Malignant tumor; Cancerology; Fibrosis; Database; Oral cavity disease; Oral leukoplasia; Oral premalignant lesion; Cancer
• ISSN: 1368-8375; 1879-0593; 1879-0593
• DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.12.004

Oral cancer (OC) is the leading cause of death from cancer in men between the ages of 25 and 44 in Taiwan. The survival rate for the last stage of OC is <20% while that for the earliest stage is >75%, which suggests the importance of the diagnosis of oral precancerous lesions (OPLs) in reducin...