"Leukoplakia, Oral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A white patch seen on the oral mucosa. It is considered a premalignant condition and is often tobacco-induced. When evidence of Epstein-Barr virus is present, the condition is called hairy leukoplakia (LEUKOPLAKIA, HAIRY).
| Descriptor ID |
D007972
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.443.591.545 C04.834.512.513 C07.465.565.545 C23.300.816.513
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukoplakia, Oral- Leukoplakia, Oral
- Leukoplakias, Oral
- Oral Leukoplakia
- Oral Leukoplakias
Leukokeratosis, Oral- Leukokeratosis, Oral
- Leukokeratoses, Oral
- Oral Leukokeratoses
- Oral Leukokeratosis
- Keratosis, Oral
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leukoplakia, Oral" by people in this website by year, and whether "Leukoplakia, Oral" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukoplakia, Oral" by people in Profiles.
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Oral Pre-malignancy: An Update on Novel Therapeutic Approaches. Curr Oncol Rep. 2024 Sep; 26(9):1047-1056.
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Deep learning-based pathology image analysis predicts cancer progression risk in patients with oral leukoplakia. Cancer Med. 2023 03; 12(6):7508-7518.
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Wolf in sheep's clothing - Oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: Progression with longitudinal molecular insights. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2023 Apr; 63:152104.
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Identification and characterization of novel ACD variants: modulation of TPP1 protein level offsets the impact of germline loss-of-function variants on telomere length. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2021 02; 7(1).
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Considerations in the evaluation and management of oral potentially malignant disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Neck. 2020 Jul; 42(7):1497-1502.
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Noninvasive diagnostic adjuncts for the evaluation of potentially premalignant oral epithelial lesions: current limitations and future directions. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2018 06; 125(6):670-681.
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Met Receptor Tyrosine Kinase and Chemoprevention of Oral Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 03 01; 110(3).
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A novel target for oral cancer chemoprevention? Notch quite, yet?. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2015 Apr; 8(4):262-5.
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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: recognition and differentiation from conventional leukoplakia and mimics. Head Neck. 2014 Nov; 36(11):1662-8.
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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL): a review of an elusive pathologic entity! Adv Anat Pathol. 2013 Nov; 20(6):416-23.