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Visual examination (VE) vs Reference standard: examination and clinical evaluation by a physician/clinician with specialist knowledge or training (long-term follow-up accepted for those screened negative): Specificity for detection of oral cavity cancer/OPMD
- Population
- Apparently healthy adults not reporting symptoms, attending an organised screening programme or screened during attendance at a dental or other clinical practice examination
- Intervention
- Visual examination (VE)
- Comparison
- Reference standard: examination and clinical evaluation by a physician/clinician with specialist knowledge or training (long-term follow-up accepted for those screened negative)
- Outcome
- Specificity for detection of oral cavity cancer/OPMD
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Conventional oral examination (COE)/visual inspection vs Reference standard: examination and clinical evaluation by a physician/clinician with specialist knowledge or training (long-term follow-up accepted for those screened negative) Specificity for detection of oral cavity cancer/OPMD · Apparently healthy adults not reporting symptoms, attending an organised screening programme or screened during… Clinical assessment for the detection of oral cavity cancer and potentially malignant disorders in… (2013) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD010173.PUB2, superseded | Summary of findings 1 (no pooled analysis): specificity around 0.98 (95% CI 0.92 to 1.00) up to 0.99 (95% CI 0.99 to 0.99) for the eight low-prevalence studies; 0.81 (95% CI 0.79 to 0.83) for one study at 21.6%… | 10 studies · 25568 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical assessment for the detection of oral cavity cancer and potentially malignant disorders in apparently healthy adults 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2020-10 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.
- Visual examination (VE) vs Reference standard: examination and clinical evaluation by a physician/clinician with specialist knowledge or training (long-term follow-up accepted for those screened negative) · Apparently healthy adults not reporting symptoms of OPMD or OSCC, attending an organised… · 1 review
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