The World Health Organization defines malignant ameloblastoma as a lesion exhibiting
features of an ameloblastoma in primary and metastatic growths. To cases collected from the …

The tumor suppressor protein p53 is a multifunctional transcription factor involved in the
control of cell cycle progression, DNA integrity, and cell survival. p53 is mutated in half of all …

… Van Oijen MGCT, Rijksen G., ten Broek FW, Slootweg PJ Increased expression of
epidermal growth factor receptor in normal epithelium adjacent to head and neck carcinomas …

Metastasis is the process by which cancers spread to distinct sites in the body. It is the
principal cause of death in individuals suffering from cancer. For some types of cancer, early …

The mixed odontogenic tumors—ameloblastic fibroma, ameloblastic fibro-odontoma, and
the odontomas—represent a group of lesions of which some are neoplastic and some are …

Forty‐five examples of epithelial odontogenic lesions (9 ameloblastomas (AB): 13 odontogenic
keratocysts (OKC): 15 dentigerous cysts (DC): 6 radicular cysts (RC): and 2 odontogenic …

Juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF) is a maxillofacial fibro‐osseous lesion that may show cell‐rich
osteoid strands or psammoma‐like ossicles. Whether both types are variants of a single …

A large diversity of lesions may involve the maxillofacial bones. Some occur exclusively at
this site. Other lesions at this location have features that are different from similar lesions …

This book provides a comprehensive description of the pathology of the head and neck region,
concentrating especially on those pathologic entities that are unique to or characteristic …

An investigation into the length of time which elapses after the treatment of an ameloblastoma
before a recurrence becomes visible, has established that this only exceeds 5 years in 5 …