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Management of oral leukoplakia: a position paper of the Society of Oral Medicine, Chinese Stomatological Association.
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Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology [Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol] 2021 Jul; Vol. 132 (1), pp. 32-43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 26. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Objective: The objective of this study was to develop the first edition of a Chinese evidence-based position paper on the management of oral leukoplakia (OLK).<br />Study Design: The consultant group for drafting the position paper consisted of 31 oral medicine specialists and 2 evidence-based medicine specialists. English studies (searched in PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library) and Chinese studies (searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure and WanFang) published before January 2018 were used. The quality of the study was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation grid, and the strength of the recommendations was determined based on the results of 3 rounds of voting among the consultant group members using the Delphi method.<br />Results: Twenty-two evidence-based guidelines for clinical management and monitoring of OLK were established in this position paper. A clinical path diagram for oral health practitioners was constructed based on the recommendations.<br />Conclusion: Current evidence suggests that management and monitoring of patients with OLK should be performed by experienced clinicians to control the lesion and for early detection of malignant transformation. However, all recommendations are based on evidence of low or extremely low quality and may require further modification as new evidence is produced.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
China
Humans
Leukoplakia, Oral therapy
Oral Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2212-4411
- Volume :
- 132
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34006487
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2021.03.009