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Visual screening (oral visual inspection) by trained health workers vs No screening: Survival (proportion alive after diagnosis)

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Visual screening (oral visual inspection) by trained health workers vs No screening
Survival (proportion alive after diagnosis) · Apparently healthy adults aged 35 years or older (general population), living in 13 clusters in rural areas of… · 5-year survival
Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer (2013) · Cochrane All outcomes
A significantly higher five-year survival rate was reported in the screened group (55.5%) compared to the control (43.4%) (P value = 0.003).1 study · 523 participantsGRADE not reported

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer
2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
22 July 2013list not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

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