ORAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH 2025 CROSSWORD PUZZLE FOR STUDENTS

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Across
  1. 2. This is considered the guardian of the genome gene
  2. 3. A carcinogen resulting from metabolozing alcohol (ethanol)
  3. 5. This type of candidiasis is cited as an oral precancerous condition.
  4. 6. This virus with the number is the highest risk virus for oral cancer
  5. 7. Histopathologic grading of oral cancer is based upon the degree of ________ of the tumor cells
  6. 9. The tumor may the formation of new blood vessels
  7. 11. Staging system for oral and oropharyngeal carcinoma
  8. 13. Considered the most common precancerous lesion
Down
  1. 1. These may be produced by the tumor cells and seen histologically as eosinophilic swirls
  2. 2. Syndrome associated with iron deficiency and elevated risk of Oropharyngeal cancer
  3. 4. A popular chemotherapeutic agent
  4. 8. Often, this premalignant lesion will most likely have invasive carcinoma changes at the time of biopsy
  5. 10. One of the many carcinogens present in tobacco smoke
  6. 12. The tumor cells generally show large, darkly staining _____ nuclei