History of Breast Cancer in Patients with Oral Lichen Planus: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between oral lichen planus (OLP) and the history of cancer outside of oral cavity and the predominance of its location. Methods: This case-control study included 600 OLP patients and 600 control subjects evaluated in the same section, matched for age and sex to the OLP patients. OLP patients were diagnosed clinically and histologically. Initially, the prevalence of the most frequent types of cancers was described. A Pearson chi-squared test model was used to determine the association of cancer history and OLP. It was considered statistically significant whether p value was ≤0.05. The final multivariate regression model was built after applying a backward selection method to the complete multivariate

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Pola M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11642412 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature