Dina Amin, DDS, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose
Waleed Zaid, DDS, MSc, FRCDc, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose
Approximately 300,000 cases of oral cancer are diagnosed annually worldwide, with an overall mortality of roughly 40 percent in the United States. Early diagnosis detection and diagnosis of early-stage cancer improve the overall survival of these cases. Oral squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of oral cancer. It develops in a stepwise fashion from normal through stages of premalignancy to invasive carcinoma. The premalignant stages can have various presentations, including white lesions, red lesions or white/red lesions. They may be flat, verrucous or even papillary. This session will discuss the recent advances in diagnosing and managing oral epithelial dysplasia and carcinoma in situ from a general (or private) OMS’s perspective.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:
Discuss the concept of a two-step process of cancer development in the oral mucosa.
Discuss differences between precursor lesion and condition.
Manage and define carcinoma in situ.
Analyze imaging modalities in oral epithelial dysplasia and carcinoma in situ.