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At follow-up in 2009, one case of oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC) had occurred in a different site six years later. In contrast, in another case, TP53 mutation persisted for years without malignant transformation. In a longitudinal study of eight selected patients with OSCC or different pre-malignant lesions, it was concluded that TP53 mutations could occur early or late in the development of OSCC. A follow-up in the present, almost 20 years later, revealed that one further case of OSCC had occurred in a TP53-mutated case of OLP, 21 years after the first sample was taken, again in a different site. With this second case, this small study now points towards a risk of developing OSCC in TP53-mutated OLP lesions. A review of recent literature indicates a growing consensus that OLP should be regarded as a potentially pre-malignant lesion. Several protein markers have been studied, but none proved useful for prediction of malignant progression. The great majority of published studies are retrospective, and it has been suggested that multi-centre prospective studies will be needed to reach a definitive answer on the malignant potential of OLP, and particularly, to identify contributing factors. Screening for TP53 mutations could help to identify the subgroup of OLP patients that is truly at risk of developing oral cancer.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/dj10090176","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,18]],"date-time":"2022-09-18T22:12:43Z","timestamp":1663539163000},"page":"176","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Oral Lichen Planus and Mutated TP53\u2014A Road to Cancer?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"William Peter","family":"Holbrook","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Odontology, University of Iceland, Vatnsm\u00fdrarveg 16, 101 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Helga M.","family":"\u00d6gmundsdottir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Vatnsmyrarvegur 16, 101 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"92","DOI":"10.1016\/j.oraloncology.2017.03.012","article-title":"Malignant transformation of oral lichen planus and oral lichenoid lesions: A meta-analysis of 20,095 patient data","volume":"68","author":"Aghbari","year":"2017","journal-title":"Oral Oncol."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"693","DOI":"10.1111\/odi.12885","article-title":"Rate of malignant transformation of oral lichen planus: A systematic review","volume":"25","author":"Giuliani","year":"2019","journal-title":"Oral Dis."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1002\/ijc.31025","article-title":"Cancer risk of Lichen planus: A cohort study of 13,100 women in Finland","volume":"142","author":"Halonen","year":"2018","journal-title":"Int. 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