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VELscope Fluorescence Method for Early Diagnosis of Oral Potentially Malignant Lesions - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery · Kadadhekar SS, Yein N, Shaw AK · 2026-08-01

Researchers reviewed nine studies to assess how well VELscope fluorescence imaging detects various oral potentially malignant lesions, finding it showed moderate-to-good sensitivity and specificity across oral leukoplakia, lichen planus, submucous fibrosis, and candidiasis compared to biopsy or toluidine blue testing.

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