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lip and oral cavity cancer  

Definition

  • ORAL-CAVITY CANCERS ARE diseases in which oral-cavity cells grow and replicate uncontrollably. They account for 30 percent of head and neck cancers in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Oral Cavity Cancer, Lip and]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QBXPN51J-T

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