Can leukoplakia turn into cancer if tobacco and smoking is stopped will it regress. What is the treatment. Please advice.

Yes, leukoplakia can turn into cancer over period of time-months to years. The chances are about 1-20 %. The chances are more if the leukoplakia is thick, nodular, proliferate verrucous or speckled and location is RMT, undersurface of tongue or palate. The chances of cancer in erythroplakia are quite high. Sometimes Biopsy is indicated if lesion has high suspicion of cancer e.g speckled leukoplakia or erythroplakia, at other times laser excision is indicated if large area of nodular leukoplakia Leukoplakia remains stable in about 30-40% and regresses in about 30-40% on tobacco, alcohol and supari cessation. Please let me examine the lesion before you label it as leukoplakia and observe. 

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