Does oral leukoplakia always turn into cancer even if smoking and tobacco has been stopped will it regress.

Dr. Nikhilesh BorkarOncologist14yrs exp

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There is about 1-10% chance every year of leukoplakia turning into cancer after you have stopped tobacco, alcohol and betel nut. It is more for speckled or thick nodular leukoplakia and leukoplakia on floor of mouth and RMT. I usually observe most of the oral leukoplakia which are thin and homogenous and remove those which are speckled and thick nodular or erythroplakia. 40-45% of the leukoplakia would remain static, 40-45% would regress and about 10-20% would turn into cancer if observed.  

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