2000
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0347(200007)22:4<328::aid-hed3>3.0.co;2-r
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Overexpression of p53 in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in young patients with no known risk factors is not associated with mutations in exons 5-9

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“…The primary risk factors for OSCC are tobacco and alcohol use. While some studies report that young patients parallel the OSCC population in general by displaying a high proportion of cases with a history of significant tobacco and alcohol use, others suggest that young patients usually lack such a history [3,13,[17][18][19]. In addition, exposure to these risk factors must be of long enough duration to have a detrimental effect.…”
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“…The primary risk factors for OSCC are tobacco and alcohol use. While some studies report that young patients parallel the OSCC population in general by displaying a high proportion of cases with a history of significant tobacco and alcohol use, others suggest that young patients usually lack such a history [3,13,[17][18][19]. In addition, exposure to these risk factors must be of long enough duration to have a detrimental effect.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This points to the potential influence of additional etiologic factors-such as genetic susceptibility, immunodeficiency, or viral infection-may be at work [2,3,12,21,22]. Lingen et al studied the overexpression of p53 in individuals \40 years old with tongue cancer and no known risk factors [17]. They noted that 81% of these patients overexpressed p53 protein but did not exhibit mutations in exons 5-9 of the p53 gene, which are known to exist in at least 50% of OSCC in older patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
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“…1 Anualmente são diagnosticados 50.000 casos de CCE da cabeça e pescoço nos EUA e mais de 500.000 no mundo. 2 No Brasil as estimativas das taxas de incidência do câncer oral relatadas pelo INCA para o ano de 2002 são de 8.340 casos para homens e 2.915 para as mulheres, com 2.715 óbitos para os homens e 700 óbitos para as mulheres. 3 No estado do Rio de Janeiro são estimados 1.410 casos de câncer oral para homens e 530 casos para as mulheres, sendo 420 óbitos para homens e 100 óbitos para as mulheres.…”
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“…3 A literatura científica tem recentemente dado mais atenção aos CCE ocorridos na língua de adultos jovens, o que não era considerado uma entidade clínica distinta dos carcinomas de células escamosas em adultos até 1975 2,4-12 , pois os CCE de cabeça e pescoço em adultos jovens são incomuns, representando apenas de 0,4% a 4,8% de todos estes tumores ocorridos em pacientes com mais de 40 anos. 2 Uma revisão da literatura americana revela menos de 200 casos reportados de CCE de língua em pacientes com menos de 40 anos. 2 Logo, existem muito poucas publicações sobre o tratamento e o efeito desta doença, devido a sua raridade.…”
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