Aplicaciones de la citologia oral por raspado (exfoliativa) en el cáncer y precáncer oral
- Acha Sagredo, Amelia
- Ruesga, María T.
- Rodríguez Tojo, María José
- Martínez de Pancorbo Gómez, Marian
- Aguirre Urizar, José Manuel
ISSN: 1137-2834
Year of publication: 2005
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Pages: 95-102
Type: Article
More publications in: Medicina oral
Abstract
Scraped (exfoliative) cytology is a simple and harmless procedure, which has been a controversial technique according to its real validity in oral pathology. Lately it has re-emerged due to its application in oral precancer and cancer as a diagnostic and predictive method as well as for monitoring patients. New diagnostic techniques have been developed, such as �brush biopsy� and multiple molecular studies using the cells collected. In this review we are going to analyse the more novel aspects related with the applications of the scraped or exfoliative cytology in oral precancerous and cancerous pathology, specially focusing on molecular studies and their diagnostic and prognostic implications.