title: Detection of premalignant oral lesions: a 10 year retrospective study in Alberta.
abstract: A comprehensive review of all oral premalignant lesions and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) diagnosed and biopsied by the oral pathology diagnostic service at the University of Alberta over two sequential five-year periods (1984-1988 and 1989-1993) was undertaken. There was a disproportionate increase in the number of premalignant biopsies conducted in 1989-93 relative to the number of SCC biopsies, suggesting an improvement in the detection of oral pre-malignancy by dentists.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: McGaw
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004919:Erythroplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies