Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in Premalignancy and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Introduction: Cancer has multifactorial aetiology and is a multistep process involving initiation, promotion and tumour progression. Cellular proliferation is one of the important indicators for the biologic aggressiveness of a malignant lesion. The dysregulated proliferation may be a significant change to determine the potential prognosis of various malignant tumours.