Non-Invasive Early Detection of Oral Cancers Using Fluorescence Visualization with Optical Instruments.

ABSTRACT: Oral cancer screening is important for early detection and early treatment, which help improve survival rates. Biopsy is the gold standard for a definitive diagnosis but is invasive and painful, while fluorescence visualization is non-invasive, convenient, and real-time, and examinations can be repeated using optical instruments. The purpose of this study was to clarify the usefulness of fluorescence visualization in oral cancer screening. A total of 502 patients, who were examined using fluorescence visualization with optical instruments in our hospitals between 2014 and 2019, were enrolled in this study. The final diagnosis was performed by pathological examination. Fluorescence visualization was analyzed using subjective and objective evaluations. Subjective evaluations for detecting or

SUBMITTER: Morikawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7601016 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature