publications for oral cancer/ oral potentially malignant disorders

  1. Yang Y-H, Warnakulasuriya S: Effect of comorbidities on the management and prognosis in patients with oral cancer. Translational Research in Oral Oncology 2016, 1:2057178X1666996.
  2. Hsu HJ, Yang YH, Shieh TY, Chen CH, Kao YH, Yang CF, Ko EC: TGF-beta1 and IL-10 single nucleotide polymorphisms as risk factors for oral cancer in Taiwanese. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2015, 31(3):123-129.
  3. Hsu HJ, Yang YH, Shieh TY, Chen CH, Kao YH, Yang CF, Ko EC: Role of cytokine gene (interferon-gamma, transforming growth factor-beta1, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6, and interleukin-10) polymorphisms in the risk of oral precancerous lesions in Taiwanese. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2014, 30(11):551-558.
  4. Chang LT, Chen CH, Yang YH, Ho PS: The development and validation of oral cancer staging using administrative health data. BMC Cancer 2014, 14:380.
  5. Athirajan V, Razak IA, Thurairajah N, Ghani WM, Ching HN, Yang YH, Peng KN, Abdul Rahman ZA, Mustafa WM, Abraham MT et al: High serum level of retinol and alpha-tocopherol affords protection against oral cancer in a multiethnic population. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2014, 15(19):8183-8189.
  6. Zanaruddin SN, Saleh A, Yang YH, Hamid S, Mustafa WM, Khairul Bariah AA, Zain RB, Lau SH, Cheong SC: Four-protein signature accurately predicts lymph node metastasis and survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Hum Pathol 2013, 44(3):417-426.
  7. Vincent-Chong VK, Anwar A, Karen-Ng LP, Cheong SC, Yang YH, Pradeep PJ, Rahman ZA, Ismail SM, Zaini ZM, Prepageran N et al: Genome wide analysis of chromosomal alterations in oral squamous cell carcinomas revealed over expression of MGAM and ADAM9. PLoS One 2013, 8(2):e54705.
  8. Awan K, Yang Y, Morgan P, Warnakulasuriya S: Utility of toluidine blue as a diagnostic adjunct in the detection of potentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity–a clinical and histological assessment. Oral Dis 2012, 18(8):728-733.
  9. Yang YH, Ho PS, Lu HM, Huang IY, Chen CH: Comparing dose-response measurements of oral habits on oral leukoplakia and oral submucous fibrosis from a community screening program. J Oral Pathol Med 2010, 39(4):306-312.
  10. Yang YH, Liu SH, Ho PS, Huang IY, Chen CH, Shieh TY: Conditional survival rates of buccal and tongue cancer patients: how far does the benefit go? Oral Oncol 2009, 45(2):177-183.
  11. Hamid S, Yang YH, Peng KN, Ismail SM, Zain RB, Lim KP, Wan Mustafa WM, Abraham MT, Teo SH, Cheong SC: MDM2 SNP309 does not confer an increased risk to oral squamous cell carcinoma but may modulate the age of disease onset. Oral Oncol 2009, 45(6):496-500.
  12. Yap SF, Ho PS, Kuo HC, Yang YH: Comparing factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behavior in Taiwanese adults. BMC Public Health 2008, 8:199.
  13. Ho PS, Yang YH, Shieh TY, Huang IY, Chen YK, Lin KN, Chen CH: Consumption of areca quid, cigarettes, and alcohol related to the comorbidity of oral submucous fibrosis and oral cancer. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2007, 104(5):647-652.
  14. Ho PS, Yang YH, Shieh TY, Chen CH, Tsai CC, Ko YC: Ethnic differences in the occurrence of oropharyngeal cancer in Taiwan. Public Health 2007, 121(10):765-773.
  15. Chung FM, Shieh TY, Yang YH, Chang DM, Shin SJ, Tsai JC, Chen TH, Tai TY, Lee YJ: The role of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism for blood pressure regulation in areca nut chewers. Transl Res 2007, 150(1):58-65.
  16. Chen PH, Shieh TY, Ho PS, Tsai CC, Yang YH, Lin YC, Ko MS, Tsai PC, Chiang SL, Tu HP et al: Prognostic factors associated with the survival of oral and pharyngeal carcinoma in Taiwan. BMC Cancer 2007, 7:101.
  17. Chen CH, Tsai TL, Yang YS, Tsai CC: Studies of the serum HER-2/neu and squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen expression in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Oral Pathol Med 2007, 36(2):83-87.
  18. Ariyawardana A, Sitheeque MA, Ranasinghe AW, Perera I, Tilakaratne WM, Amaratunga EA, Yang YH, Warnakulasuriya S: Prevalence of oral cancer and pre-cancer and associated risk factors among tea estate workers in the central Sri Lanka. J Oral Pathol Med 2007, 36(10):581-587.
  19. Chen PH, Tsai CC, Lin YC, Ko YC, Yang YH, Shieh TY, Ho PS, Li CM, Min-Shan Ko A, Chen CH: Ingredients contribute to variation in production of reactive oxygen species by areca quid. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2006, 69(11):1055-1069.
  20. Yang YH, Lien YC, Ho PS, Chen CH, Chang JS, Cheng TC, Shieh TY: The effects of chewing areca/betel quid with and without cigarette smoking on oral submucous fibrosis and oral mucosal lesions. Oral Dis 2005, 11(2):88-94.
  21. Yang YH, Chen CH, Chang JS, Lin CC, Cheng TC, Shieh TY: Incidence rates of oral cancer and oral pre-cancerous lesions in a 6-year follow-up study of a Taiwanese aboriginal community. J Oral Pathol Med 2005, 34(10):596-601.
  22. Chung FM, Yang YH, Chen CH, Lin CC, Shieh TY: Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism is associated with risk of oral precancerous lesion in betel quid chewers. British Journal of Cancer 2005, 93(5):602-606.
  23. Chung CH, Yang YH, Wang TY, Shieh TY, Warnakulasuriya S: Oral precancerous disorders associated with areca quid chewing, smoking, and alcohol drinking in southern Taiwan. J Oral Pathol Med 2005, 34(8):460-466.
  24. Su TR, Chang KL, Lee CH, Chen CH, Yang YH, Shieh TY: Expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and its soluble receptors in betel-quid-chewing patients at different stages of treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol 2004, 40(8):804-810.
  25. Shieh DH, Chiang LC, Lee CH, Yang YH, Shieh TY: Effects of arecoline, safrole, and nicotine on collagen phagocytosis by human buccal mucosal fibroblasts as a possible mechanism for oral submucous fibrosis in Taiwan. J Oral Pathol Med 2004, 33(9):581-587.
  26. Chung CH, Yang YH, Chang TT, Shieh DB, Liu SY, Shieh TY: Relationship of oral lichen planus to hepatitis C virus in southern Taiwan. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2004, 20(4):151-159.
  27. Chen PH, Ko YC, Yang YH, Lin YC, Shieh TY, Chen CH, Tsai CC: Important prognostic factors of long-term oropharyngeal carcinoma survivors in Taiwan. Oral Oncol 2004, 40(8):847-855.
  28. Chen CH, Lin YS, Lin CC, Yang YH, Ho YP, Tsai CC: Elevated serum levels of a c-erbB-2 oncogene product in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients. J Oral Pathol Med 2004, 33(10):589-594.
  29. Chang SW, Chang KL, Chen HR, Chen CH, Yang YH, Huang IY, Kao YH, Shieh TY: mRNA Expression of TNF-α, TGF-β and IFN- r Cytokines in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients with Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Leukoplakia (Chinese). The Taiwan Journal of Oral Medical Sciences 2003, 19:37-47.
  30. Ho PS, Ko YC, Yang YH, Shieh TY, Tsai CC: The incidence of oropharyngeal cancer in Taiwan: an endemic betel quid chewing area. J Oral Pathol Med 2002, 31(4):213-219.
  31. 楊奕馨: 檳榔相關口腔癌前病變之流行病學研究: 國家衛生研究院論壇健康促進與疾病預防委員會; 2001.
  32. Yang YH, Lee HY, Tung S, Shieh TY: Epidemiological survey of oral submucous fibrosis and leukoplakia in aborigines of Taiwan. J Oral Pathol Med 2001, 30(4):213-219.
  33. Hsu HJ, Chang KL, Yang YH, Shieh TY: The effects of arecoline on the release of cytokines using cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with oral mucous diseases. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2001, 17(4):175-182.
  34. Cheng YA, Cheng CC, Tsai CC, Yang YH, Shieh TY: Betel-quid chewing behavior related to precancerous oral lesions in Manchou country, Taiwan (Chinese). Journal of the Academy of Formosan Stomatology 2001, 17:1-14.
  35. 楊奕馨: 檳榔嚼塊與口腔癌流行病學研究之文獻回顧, vol. FO-HPDP01-06: 國家衛生研究院論壇健康促進與疾病預防委員會; 2000.
  36. Shiau YW, Yang YH, Shieh TY: The effect of betel-quid chewing on oral mucosal lesions-meta analysis (Chinese). Journal of the Academy of Formosan Stomatology 2000, 16:296-313.
  37. Lin CW, Chen CH, Yang YH, Shieh TY: A Retrospective Study of DNA Ploidy of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas Using Laser Flow Cytometry (Chinese). Chin Dent J 1999, 18:91-100.