Clinical evaluation of an autofluorescence diagnostic device for oral cancer detection: A prospective randomized diagnostic study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 460-466

  Rana, Majeed ^a   Zapf, Antonia ^a   Kuehle, Marco ^a   Gellrich, Nils Claudius ^a   Eckardt, André M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

autofluorescence diagnostic test; biopsy; detection; oral cancer; VELscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERYTHROPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPLAKIA; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOUTH CANCER; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE LIGHT;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859423233     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32834fdb6d     Document Type: Article

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