Critical update, systematic review, and meta‐analysis of oral erythroplakia as an oral potentially malignant disorder

• Published in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine Vol. 51; no. 7; pp. 585 - 593
• Main Authors: Lorenzo‐Pouso, Alejandro I., Lafuente‐Ibáñez de Mendoza, Irene, Pérez‐Sayáns, Mario, Pérez‐Jardón, Alba, Chamorro‐Petronacci, Cintia M, Blanco‐Carrión, Andrés, Aguirre‐Urízar, José Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Biopsy; Buccal mucosa; Cancer; Carcinogenesis; Carcinoma in Situ - pathology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic - pathology; Dysplasia; Erythroplasia; Humans; Leukoplakia, Oral - pathology; malignant development; Meta-analysis; Mouth; Mouth Diseases - pathology; Mouth Mucosa - pathology; mouth neoplasm; Mouth Neoplasms - pathology; Observational studies; Oral cancer; Oral carcinoma; oral erythroplakia; oral potentially malignant disorder; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Oral Ulcer - pathology; Patients; Precancerous Conditions - pathology; Risk factors; Squamous cell carcinoma; Systematic review; meta-analysis; mouth neoplasm; oral potentially malignant disorder; malignant development; oral erythroplakia

Background Oral erythroplakia has been classically considered as the potentially malignant disorder with the highest rate of malignant development into squamous cell carcinoma. This critical systematic review and meta‐analysis aim to estimate the malignant development rate of oral erythroplakia and...