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Hansen, Olson and Silverman, 1985
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Superordinate term for a clinically and pathologically defined spectrum of diseases in the oral cavity ranging from simple epithelial hyperplasia to undifferentiated, invasive squamous cell carcinoma with the intermediate stages of verrucous hyperplasia, verrucous carcinoma and grade 1 squamous cell carcinoma.
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Especially among older women with tobacco abuse.
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