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Primary study · included by 2 reviews

A cross-sectional study evaluating chemiluminescence and autofluorescence in the detection of clinically innocuous precancerous and cancerous oral lesions.

Mehrotra 2010 · Mehrotra Ravi, Singh Mamta, Thomas Shaji, et al. · Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2010

Included by

Available Evidence on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Chemiluminescence for Detecting Dysplasia or Malignant Transformation in Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (OPMDs): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Non-Cochrane · DTA · 2026 · cited as Mehrotra 2010 · Table 1; Figures 3-4; reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Pooled specificity for dysplasia or malignant transformation
Chemiluminescence (ViziLite, ViziLite Plus) as adjunct vs Histopathology (reference standard) · Single assessment against histopathology
Pooled specificity 0.48 [0.44, 0.53]13 studies · 479 participantsGRADE not reported
Diagnostic efficacy of VELscope in oral potentially malignant disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Non-Cochrane · DTA · 2026 · cited as Mehrotra 2010 · Table 1; Table 2; References

The review does not say which of its outcomes this study informs.

2 including reviews in total.