OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | There may be no actual dysplasia, and in a large white area, sometimes it is only a very small spot that may begin malignant transformation. The question would be where in a 2CM X2CM would you biopsy? Hence the desire to laser these off completely as they occur. I also have not heard about treatment caused leukoplakias.... but I am not a doctor.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. |