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Although smoking and certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) have been linked to oral squamous cell carcinoma, a significant number occur without any apparent carcinogen exposure. One of these is the field cancerization phenomenon in which the normal oral mucosa transforms into squamous cell carcinoma over a wide area and with new lesions developing over time.