HISTOPATHOLOGICAL GRADATION OF ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN NISWAR (SNUFF) DIPPERS

The study was carried out on the biopsies confirmed Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma patients, in oral and maxillofacial surgical unit of Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar over a period of one year. A total of 80 snuff (niswar) dipper patients were included in the study. Well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was the most common tumour reported. The aim of the study was to determine the histopathological gradation of the oral squamous cell carcinoma in snuff dipper patients in the region.

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