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Oral Cancer: Detection, Risk Factors, Treatment
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Oral Cancer: Detection, Risk Factors,Treatment
Neoplasm - Answer Means 'new growth' and describes a rapid growth of
the number of cells that exceeds normal growth
Carcinomas - Answer Malignant neoplasms derived from epithelial
tissue
Squamous cell carcinomas - Answer Represent more than 90% of
cancers of the oropharynx and oral cavity
Epithelial dysplasia - Answer A premalignant condition during which
cells undergo a combination of cellular and architectural changes
Growth regulation - Answer Refers to proliferation beyond the number
of cells expected in normal cell division
Apoptosis - Answer Programmed cell death, the process of removing
aging or damaged cells
Differentiation - Answer Involves the degree of alteration of cells from
their normal morphology and function
, DNA repair - Answer The process by which a cell monitors and repairs
DNA before replication to avoid passing faulty DNA material to new
cells
Mutation of p53 - Answer Found in head and neck cancers
Tissue remodeling and migration - Answer The ability to travel beyond
normal borders
Immune evasion - Answer A breakdown in the ability to monitor tissues
for cancer
Replicative senescence - Answer The irreversible loss of the cell's ability
to stop dividing after a finite number of divisions
Angiogenesis - Answer The buildup of vascular tissue needed to sustain
cancerous growth
Mortality rate - Answer Men are twice as high as women, and show a
much higher rate for African American males than white males
Confounding factors - Answer Two or more factors that can affect a
situation
Risk factors include: - Answer host susceptibility, environment factors,
exposure, tobacco and excessive alcohol (primary risk factors), Human
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