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  • Title: Diagnosis of oral precancer and cancer.
    Author: Ligthelm AJ, Weber A, van Niekerk PJ, van Heerden WF.
    Journal: J Dent Assoc S Afr; 1989 Mar; Suppl 1():2-5. PubMed ID: 2623672.
    Abstract:
    The early diagnosis of oral cancer and precancer is important because oral cancer is usually well advanced at the time of diagnosis, having spread to regional lymph nodes in a substantial percentage of cases. The earlier the diagnosis is made, the better the prognosis. Several diagnostic methods that are used, such as stomatoscopy, toluidine blue staining, oral exfoliative cytology, histopathological examination and other more advanced diagnostic procedures, are discussed.
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