Critical evaluation of diagnostic aids for the detection of oral cancer

MW Lingen, JR Kalmar, T Karrison, PM Speight - Oral oncology, 2008 - Elsevier
Historically, the screening of patients for signs of oral cancer and precancerous lesions has
relied upon the conventional oral examination. A variety of commercial diagnostic aids and …

Diagnostic aids for detection of oral precancerous conditions

DV Messadi - International journal of oral science, 2013 - nature.com
Oral cancer has a tendency to be detected at late stage which is detrimental to the patients
because of its high mortality and morbidity rates. Early detection of oral cancer is therefore …

Point-of-care, smartphone-based, dual-modality, dual-view, oral cancer screening device with neural network classification for low-resource communities

RD Uthoff, B Song, S Sunny, S Patrick, A Suresh… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Oral cancer is a growing health issue in a number of low-and middle-income countries
(LMIC), particularly in South and Southeast Asia. The described dual-modality, dual-view …

Optical image-guided surgery—where do we stand?

S Keereweer, JDF Kerrebijn, PBAA Van Driel… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2011 - Springer
In cancer surgery, intra-operative assessment of the tumor-free margin, which is critical for
the prognosis of the patient, relies on the visual appearance and palpation of the tumor …

Fluorescence visualization detection of field alterations in tumor margins of oral cancer patients

CF Poh, L Zhang, DW Anderson, JS Durham… - Clinical Cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: Genetically altered cells could become widespread across the epithelium of
patients with oral cancer, often in clinically and histologically normal tissue, and contribute to …

Diagnostic aids in the screening of oral cancer

S Fedele - Head & neck oncology, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The World Health Organization has clearly indentified prevention and early
detection as major objectives in the control of the oral cancer burden worldwide. At the …

[PDF][PDF] Early diagnosis in primary oral cancer: is it possible?

I Van der Waal, R de Bree, R Brakenhoff… - … oral, patologia oral y …, 2011 - research.vumc.nl
In this treatise oral carcinogenesis is briefly discussed, particularly with regard to the number
of cell divisions that is required before cancer reaches a measurable size. At that stage …

Efficacy of tissue autofluorescence imaging (VELScope) in the visualization of oral mucosal lesions

CS Farah, L McIntosh, A Georgiou… - Head & neck, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Technology that highlights potentially malignant oral lesions in a highly
sensitive and specific manner will aid clinicians in early diagnosis of these conditions. This …

[PDF][PDF] Oral cancer: current and future diagnostic techniques

C Scully, JV Bagan, C Hopper, JB Epstein - Am J Dent, 2008 - Citeseer
Oral cancer is among the 10 most common cancers worldwide, and is especially seen in
disadvantaged elderly males. Early detection and prompt treatment offer the best chance for …

Cancer chemoprevention.

SM Lippman, SE Benner, WK Hong - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1994 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To review the most important recent advances in clinical trials and biologic
studies within the growing field of chemoprevention. METHODS The most critical methods …