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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2011 Apr 4;46(6):884–891. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2011.77

Table 4.

Characteristics and Management of Oral Lesions.

Verrucous hyperplasia Dysplasia Invasive carcinoma
N 3 5 18
Time to Development in years, median (range) 3 (1, 13) 2 (1, 3) 8 (1, 14)
Cancer Stage
    Stage I (T1N0M0) - - 7 (39)
    Stage II - - 6 (33)
        T2N0M0 5 (28)
        T2N1M0 - - 1 (6)
    Stage III - - 4 (22)
        T3N0M0 - - 2 (11)
        T3N0MX - - 2 (11)
    Stage IVa (T4N0M0) - - 1 (6)
Focal versus Multifocal
    Focal 2 (67) 5 (100) 13 (72)
    Multifocal 1 (33) 0 (0) 5 (28)
Location††
    Tongue 0 (0) 1 (20) 10 (55)
    Lower Lip††† 0 (0) 4 (80) 3 (17)
    Buccal mucosa 1 (33) 0 (0) 7 (39)
    Gingiva 2 (66) 0 (0) 4 (22)
    Hard Palate 1 (33) 0 (0) 1 (5)
    Alveolar mucosa 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (10)
Color
    Red 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (6)
    Red/White 0 (0) 2 (40) 8 (44)
    White 3 (100) 3 (60) 9 (50)
Clinical appearance††††
    Plaque 3 (100) 2 (40) 9 (50)
    Exophytic 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (39)
    Ulceration 0 (0) 2 (40) 5 (28)
    Papillary 0 (0) 2 (40) 2 (11)
    Crusting 0 (0) 2 (40) 1 (6)
    Erythema 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (17)
Pain 0 (0) 1 (20) 11 (61)
Anesthesia/Paresthesia 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (11)
Management
    Surgery alone 3 (100) 4 (80) 12 (67)
    Surgery/Radiotherapy 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (6)
    Surgery/topical 5FU 0 (0) 1 (20) 0 (0)
    Surgery/Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (22)
    Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (6)

Measured from the date of the 1st allogeneic transplant to the date of development of initial SCC. The overall median was 5 years (range 1-14).

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There may have been multiple sites involved per patient, so the frequencies do not sum to N=26 and the percentages do not sum to 100%.

†††

All lesions appeared to originate on the lip; 3 out of 7 cases also extended to the labial mucosa intraorally.

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There may have been multiple clinical features per patient, so the frequencies do not sum to N=25 and the percentages do not sum to 100%.