The New England journal of medicine
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Multicenter Study Retracted Publication
DNA content as a prognostic marker in patients with oral leukoplakia.
Oral leukoplakia may develop into squamous-cell carcinoma, which has a poor prognosis. Risk factors for oral carcinoma have been identified, but there are no reliable predictors of the outcome in individual patients with oral leukoplakia. ⋯ The DNA content in cells of oral leukoplakia can be used to predict the risk of oral carcinoma.