PRIOR BELIEFS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

Prior beliefs and the interpretation of scientific results

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Risk factors for oral cancer

Introduction: oral cancer is a disease with high morbidity and mortality, associated with risk factors whose complex interplay is subject to scientific debate.Objective: to upgrade to the professionals about the risk factors for oral cancer.Methods: the literature review was conducted in SciELO Regional with the descriptors "risk factors" and "oral

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Hematogenous metastasis and tumor dormancy as concepts or dogma? The continuum of vessel co-option and angiotropic extravascular migratory metastasis as an alternative

It has been accepted for many years that tumor cells spread via the circulation to distant sites.The latency period between treatment and tumor recurrence has been attributed to dormant cells in distant organs that emerge and grow as metastatic dea eyewear tumors.These processes are accepted with an incomplete demonstration of their existence.Chall

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