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Proliferative And Apoptotic Activity At The Tumour Invasive Front In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, W.C. Ngeow, R. B. Zain, Z. Abidin, K. S. Phaik, S. Kumar
Proliferative And Apoptotic Activity At The Tumour Invasive Front In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, W.C. Ngeow, R. B. Zain, Z. Abidin, K. S. Phaik, S. Kumar
Wei Cheong Ngeow
Introduction: the tumour invasive front of squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has long been recognized as an important area which harbour prognostic information. The aim of the present study was to describe the expression of K1-67, MDM2 and Bcl-2 at the tumour invasive front in the buccal mucosa and also to investigate whether there is any association between the expression of K1-67, MDM2 and Bcl-2 with the certain sociodemographic characteristics, clinical and histopathological parameters. Materials and Methods: The sample of this study consisted of 31 biopsy cases of OSCC from the buccal mucosa. Immunohistochemistry was used with specific antibodies to K1-67, …