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Efficacy of toluidine blue in the diagnosis and screening of oral cancer and pre-cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Do Hyun KimEun A SongSung Won KimSe-Hwan Hwang
Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2020)
Although the diagnostic accuracy of TB in the diagnostic work-up of oral cancer and pre-cancer was higher than that of clinical examination, it was not high enough for TB to reliably be used alone. Instead, it should be combined with chemiluminescence or other diagnostic tools.
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