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Comment
. 2021 Aug;18(8):471-472.
doi: 10.1038/s41571-021-00511-2.

Risk-based oral cancer screening - lessons to be learnt

Anil K D'Cruz  1 , Richa Vaish  2   3
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Risk-based oral cancer screening - lessons to be learnt

Anil K D'Cruz et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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  • Risk-Based Selection of Individuals for Oral Cancer Screening.
    Cheung LC, Ramadas K, Muwonge R, Katki HA, Thomas G, Graubard BI, Basu P, Sankaranarayanan R, Somanathan T, Chaturvedi AK. Cheung LC, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Feb 20;39(6):663-674. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.02855. Epub 2021 Jan 15. J Clin Oncol. 2021. PMID: 33449824 Free PMC article.

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