Risk-based oral cancer screening - lessons to be learnt

The Kerala Oral Cancer Screening Trial did not demonstrate an overall cancer-related mortality benefit. Herein, we discuss the important lessons learnt from a recent reanalysis of data from this trial in an attempt to demonstrate the advantages of using a novel risk-based approach to cancer screenin...

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Published in:Nature reviews. Clinical oncology 2021-08, Vol.18 (8), p.471-472
Main Authors: D'Cruz, Anil K, Vaish, Richa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Cancer screening
Diagnosis
Early Detection of Cancer
Humans
Medical screening
Mouth cancer
Mouth Neoplasms - diagnosis
Mouth Neoplasms - epidemiology
Oncology, Experimental
Oral cancer
Risk factors
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Summary:The Kerala Oral Cancer Screening Trial did not demonstrate an overall cancer-related mortality benefit. Herein, we discuss the important lessons learnt from a recent reanalysis of data from this trial in an attempt to demonstrate the advantages of using a novel risk-based approach to cancer screening.
ISSN:1759-4774
1759-4782
DOI:10.1038/s41571-021-00511-2