title: Oral cancer: 2. Clinical presentation and use of new knowledge about the biology of cancer to establish why tumours may recur.
abstract: This article describes the clinical presentations of oral cancer, and the development of a new generation of ultra-sensitive diagnostics to identify occult tumour and precancer, despite seemingly adequate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Unit/Oncology, King's College Hospital, London.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Partridge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D001695:Biology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53