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Lip and oral cavity carcinoma

MedGen UID:
67387
•Concept ID:
C0220641
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer; lip and oral cavity cancer; Lip and Oral Cavity Carcinoma; lip and oral cavity carcinoma; Oral Cancer; oral cancer; Oral Carcinoma; oral carcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0023644

Definition

A carcinoma arising in the lip or oral cavity. Most oral cavity carcinomas are squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue, buccal mucosa, or gums. Less frequent morphologic variants include mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Lip carcinomas are usually basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas. [from NCI]

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Successful treatment of squamous cell carcinoma on the lip with continuous intra-arterial peplomycin infusion chemotherapy: a report of 27 cases.
Onishi M, Takahashi K, Maeda F, Akasaka T, Amano H
Eur J Dermatol 2022 Apr 1;32(2):287-289. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2022.4235. PMID: 35866907
Diagnosis and treatment of primary carcinoma of the lip.
NEELY JM
Nebr State Med J 1951 Aug;36(8):255-9. PMID: 14863398
Carcinoma of the lip and its treatment by radium (1928-1944).
CHARTERIS AA
Br Med J 1946 May 11;1:719-21. PMID: 20982207

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