Inflammatory Tongue Conditions and Risk of Oral Tongue Cancer Among the US Elderly Individuals.
Joseph E TotaEric A EngelsMark W LingenNishant AgrawalAlexander Ross KerrZachary S ZumstegLi C CheungHormuzd A KatkiChristian C AbnetAnil K ChaturvediPublished in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023)
Inflammatory tongue conditions were associated with strongly increased risks of oral tongue cancers and preceded cancer diagnosis by several years, underscoring the need for increased clinical surveillance among patients with such apparently benign diagnoses.