Question 270 · LDEK · Malignant tumors

Development of a lesion of same or similar texture should be treated as new neoplastic disease not a relapse or metastasis if the time elapsed since the termination of oral cancer treatment is:

  1. A. 6 months.
  2. B. 1 year.
  3. C. 3 years.
  4. D. 5 years.
  5. E. 10 years.
Hint

Field cancerization makes second primaries common; recall the time cut-off used in the Hong criteria for head and neck tumors.

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