Underdiagnosis can severely affect the prognosis of a cancer. A metastatic oral cancer was treated with surgery and radiotherapy. It reappeared aggressively after about 3 years. Then, it was treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy which badly worsened the situation. It appears underdiagnosis or overconfidence at the beginning led to not using chemotherapy which adversely affected recurrence and morbidity.
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