The Journal of the Korean dental association (대한치과의사협회지)

The Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)
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Diagnostic aids for the detection of oral cancer

구강암의 간편 진단 기법

  • Bang, Kang-Mi (Oral Cancer Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University Dental Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Soung-Min (Oral Cancer Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University Dental Hospital) ;
  • Myoung, Hoon (Oral Cancer Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University Dental Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Jin (Oral Cancer Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University Dental Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Ho (Oral Cancer Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University Dental Hospital)
  • 방강미 (서울대학교치과병원 구강암센터/구강악안면외과) ;
  • 김성민 (서울대학교치과병원 구강암센터/구강악안면외과) ;
  • 명훈 (서울대학교치과병원 구강암센터/구강악안면외과) ;
  • 김명진 (서울대학교치과병원 구강암센터/구강악안면외과) ;
  • 이종호 (서울대학교치과병원 구강암센터/구강악안면외과)
  • Received : 2011.03.11
  • Accepted : 2011.03.17
  • Published : 2011.03.01
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Abstract

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 adjunctive techniques are developed to potentially assist in the screening of healthy patients for evidence of occult cancerous change. This paper is reviewing the literature associated with current oral cancer screening aids such as spectroscopy, chemoiluminescence, exfoliative cytopathology, vital staining and saliva as a diagnostic tool. Despite the increased public awareness of oral cancer, no technique or technology to date has provided definitive evidence to suggest that it improves the sensitivity or specificity of oral cancer screening beyond clinical oral examination alone.

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