Question · asked by 1 review
Brush biopsy (oral cytology) vs Surgical or punch biopsy with histological assessment: Sensitivity
- Population
- Adults (aged 16 years or over) presenting to primary or secondary care with clinically evident suspicious or innocuous oral lesions
- Intervention
- Brush biopsy (oral cytology)
- Comparison
- Surgical or punch biopsy with histological assessment
- Outcome
- Sensitivity
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Oral cytology (e.g. brush cytology, OralCDx brush biopsy) vs Surgical or punch biopsy with histological assessment Sensitivity · Adults (aged 16 years or over) presenting to primary or secondary care with clinically evident suspicious or innocuous… Diagnostic tests for oral cancer and potentially malignant disorders in patients presenting with clinically… (2021) · Cochrane All outcomes | Sensitivity 0.90 [0.82, 0.94] | 20 studies | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic tests for oral cancer and potentially malignant disorders in patients presenting with clinically evident lesions 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2020-10-20 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.