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Almost all oral cavity cancers are squamous
cell carcinomas.
Carcinoma in-situ is the earliest form of
squamous cell carcinoma, whereby cancer
cells are confined to the epithelium.
H&E staining of the normal (left) and oral squamous cell carcinoma
(OSCC) sample (right). The normal sample shows an unremarkable
Verrucous carcinoma is a form of low-grade, surface epithelium, whereas the OSCC sample shows islands of
well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. malignant squamous epithelium invading into the lamina propria at
x10 original magnification in the photo- micrograph.
Shrivastav A. Oncol Rep. 2007 Jul;18(1):93-97.
