Book description
Without early detection, oral cancer is deadly. Protect your
patients by applying the latest clinical interventions.
Rates of new oral cancer cases continue to increase and mortality
rates remain alarmingly high. Oral
cancer may be preceded by
clinically identifiable precancerous changes in the oral mucosa, which
offer a therapeutic window of opportunity to intervene and halt
disease progression to carcinoma development.
Written and edited by prominent researchers in the field,
Oral Precancer:
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Reviews current scientific research on precancer conditions
of the oral cavity providing evidence-based analysis of the nature
and behavior of potentially malignant and deforming oral diseases
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Explains the principles of prevention, diagnosis and
management of potentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity
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Details a practical and reliable interventional treatment
strategy to facilitate early diagnosis and effective treatment of
both precancer and early invasive carcinoma
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Contains a chapter devoted to illustrative case histories,
high-quality, color, clinical photos, reference sections in each
chapter listing relevant review articles, and more
From start to finish,
Oral Precancer offers undergraduate students,
clinicians, and professors an invaluable resource to minimise the
morbidity and mortality of this most significant and life threatening
of oral conditions.
Peter Thomson is Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at
Newcastle University and
Honorary Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Newcastle upon
Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In recognition of his research into
oral cancer & precancer, he has been awarded both a Hunterian
Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England & a King
James IV Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.
