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4,695 questions · 4,979 findings · 433 reviews

No studies found 998 · 20%GRADE not reported 1,140 · 22.9%Very low 1,024 · 20.6%Low 1,029 · 20.7%Moderate 636 · 12.8%High 152 · 3.1%

COE with blood/salivary (biomarker) analysis vs Conventional oral examination (COE) alone

Outcome not reported · Apparently healthy adults not reporting symptoms of OPMD or OSCC, attending an organised screening or surveillance programme, or screened…

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Concomitant (concurrent) chemoradiotherapy vs Radiotherapy alone

Locoregional control · People receiving curative-intent treatment for oral cavity and oropharyngeal (squamous cell) cancer

Concomitant (concurrent) chemoradiotherapy led to lower locoregional control, concurrent chemoradiotherapy (platinum +… compared with radiotherapy alone (non-resectable tumours); GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Combined index tests (e.g. vital staining plus light-based detection or cytology) vs Surgical or punch biopsy with histological assessment

Specificity · Adults (aged 16 years or over) presenting to primary or secondary care with clinically evident suspicious or innocuous oral lesions
1 finding from 1 review

Surgery +/- radiotherapy + (adjuvant) chemotherapy vs Surgery +/- radiotherapy alone (observation or adjuvant radiotherapy only)

Overall survival, post-surgery chemotherapy vs surgery alone (no radiotherapy) · People receiving curative-intent treatment for oral cavity and oropharyngeal (squamous cell) cancer

Surgery +/- radiotherapy + (adjuvant) chemotherapy showed no clear difference in overall survival, adjuvant chemotherapy vs observation alone… compared with surgery +/- radiotherapy alone (observation or adjuvant radiotherapy… (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dietary advice vs dietary advice plus oral nutritional supplements

Number of people admitted or re‐admitted to hospital · adults with disease‐related malnutrition

Dietary advice may leads to higher number of people admitted or re‐admitted to hospital compared with dietary advice plus oral nutritional supplements (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dietary advice vs oral nutritional supplements

Number of people admitted or re‐admitted to hospital · adults with disease‐related malnutrition

Dietary advice showed no clear difference in number of people admitted or re‐admitted to hospital compared with oral nutritional supplements (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review