title: Multi Centricity of Oral Verrucous Carcinoma: A Case Series of 22 Cases.
abstract: Verrucous carcinoma (VC) is an uncommon variant of squamous cell carcinoma characterized by proliferative outgrowing clinical appearance of the tumor, Incidence of VC is 2-12 % among oral cancers, the true incidence of VC can be accessed only from surgically treated cases since thorough processing of the entire tumor is necessary for accurate diagnosis, foci of invasive squamous cell carcinoma are found often in the substance of these tumors, thus, over reporting of this tumor is not uncommon. The retrospective data of a tertiary cancer hospital was analysed to understand the clinical challenges and outcome of patients with VC. The frequent association of VC with second primary oral cancer (22.7 %) observed in our series highlights the multi centricity of carcinogenesis in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Hyderabad, 500034 Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Sandhya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gokavarapu
authors.affiliation: Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Hyderabad, 500034 Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Nagendra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Parvataneni
authors.affiliation: Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Hyderabad, 500034 Andhra Pradesh India ; Malla Reddy College of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Charan
authors.affiliation: Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Hyderabad, 500034 Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Sreenivasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puthamakula
authors.affiliation: Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Hyderabad, 500034 Andhra Pradesh India ; Malla Reddy College of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.affiliation: Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Hyderabad, 500034 Andhra Pradesh India ; Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: B Sridher
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Reddy
keywords: Oral cancer; Verrucous carcinoma