Effectiveness of Oral Surgeons Compared With OralCDx Brush Biopsy in Diagnosing Oral Dysplastic Lesions

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Low positive predictive value of the oral brush biopsy in detecting dysplastic oral lesions

✍ Vinodh Bhoopathi; Sadru Kabani; Ana Karina Mascarenhas 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 103 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: The authors evaluated the effectiveness of the oral brush biopsy technique as a diagnostic tool in detecting dysplastic oral lesions. ## METHODS: In this cross‐sectional study, pathologic reports (n = 152) from the scalpel biopsies (tissue samples) in patients who prev