title: Screening for oral cancer.
abstract: Oral cancer is considered as a serious health problem resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Early detection and prevention play a key role in controlling the burden of oral cancer worldwide. The five-year survival rate of oral cancer still remains low and delayed diagnosis is considered as one of the major reasons. This increases the demand for oral screening. Currently, screening of oral cancer is largely based on visual examination. Various evidence strongly suggest the validity of visual inspection in reducing mortality in patients at risk for oral cancer. Simple visual examination is accompanied with adjunctive techniques for subjective interpretation of dysplastic changes. These include toluidine blue staining, brush biopsy, chemiluminescence and tissue autofluorescence. This review highlights the efficacy of various diagnostic methods in screening of oral cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rajasthan Dental College and hospital, NH-8, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Solanki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jitender
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Rajasthan Dental College and hospital, NH-8, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Gupta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarika
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative and Endodontics, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Kudi haud, pali road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Hiremath R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Varada
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rajasthan Dental College and hospital, NH-8, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Yadav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Omprakash
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rajasthan Dental College and hospital, NH-8, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Khan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mohsin
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
keywords: diagnosis; examination; oral cancer; screening