title: Prognostic factors in oral squamous cell carcinoma. A review of the literature.
abstract: Despite diagnostic and therapeutic progress, the overall prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma remains poor and prognostic information is essential for the evaluation and optimal treatment of patients. The prognosis of oral carcinoma depends primarily on clinicopathological factors, that however, have showed a limited predictive value for the identification of patients with high risk of disease relapse. In recent years, the analysis of DNA ploidy, cellular proliferation and oncogenes amplification have been used in attempt to identify new prognostic indicators. The review of the literature shows that TNM stage, tumor grading evaluated at the deep invasive margins and maximal tumor thickness effect on the prognosis. Moreover, the assessment of DNA ploidy and proliferative activity can be used to obtain additional prognostic informations. In contrast, additional studies are needed to understand the prognostic value of oncogenes expression in oral carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Istituzioni di Anatomia Patologica, Palermo University School of Medicine, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tralongo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rodolico
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daniele
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000378:metabolism; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D009697:Nucleolus Organizer Region / Q000378:metabolism; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D018739:Oncogene Proteins v-erbB / Q000378:metabolism; D011003:Ploidies; D011379:Prognosis; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D018739:Oncogene Proteins v-erbB; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D019938:Cyclin D1; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine