Nomenclature and classification of potentially malignant disorders of the oral mucosa

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine - Tập 36 Số 10 - Trang 575-580 - 2007
Saman Warnakulasuriya1, Newell W. Johnson, Isaäc van der Waal
1Department of Oral Medicine, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, Denmark Hill Campus, Caldecot Road, London, UK. [email protected]

Tóm tắt

At a workshop coordinated by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Precancer in the UK issues related to terminology, definitions and classification of oral precancer were discussed by an expert group. The consensus views of the Working Group are presented here. The term, ‘potentially malignant disorders’, was recommended to refer to precancer as it conveys that not all disorders described under this term may transform into cancer. Critically evaluating all definitions proposed so far for oral leukoplakia, the Working Group agreed that the term leukoplakia should be used to recognize ‘white plaques of questionable risk having excluded (other) known diseases or disorders that carry no increased risk for cancer’. An outline was proposed for diagnosing oral leukoplakia that will prevent other oral white disorders being misclassified as leukoplakia. The Working Group discussed the caveats involved in the current use of terminology and classification of oral potentially malignant disorders, deficiencies of these complex systems, and how they have evolved over the past several decades. The terminology presented in this report reflects our best understanding of multi‐step carcinogenesis in the oral mucosa, and aspires to engender consistency in use.

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Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Tập 36 Số 10

575-580

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