Use of fluorescent light in detecting malignant and premalignant lesions in the oral cavity: A prospective, single-blind study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-168

  Marzouki, Hani Z ^a   Vu, Thien Tuong Vi ^a   Ywakim, Rania ^a   Chauvin, Peter ^b   Hanley, James ^b   Kost, Karen M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescent light; Screening; VELscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84864268178     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2012.00022     Document Type: Article

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