Reduction in tongue space/tongue volume ratio as a risk factor for oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma-an exploratory study
A significant difference in TS/TV ratio between cases & normal controls observed in our study indicated that a lack of available space for the tongue either due to increase in tongue volume or decrease in tongue space may predispose an individual for the development of tongue cancer.
Authors
- G Rajalakshmi
- Subramania Iyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-4500)
- Mahija Janardhanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2155-4876)
- Manu Raj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-3437)
- Venkitachalam Ramanarayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-3453)
- C J Sandya
Institutions
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (IN)
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobcr.2025.04.002
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00