Malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of the last 5 years

• Published in: Oral diseases Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 1881 - 1895
• Main Authors: Aguirre‐Urizar, José M., Lafuente‐Ibáñez de Mendoza, Irene, Warnakulasuriya, Saman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Dysplasia; Female; Humans; Leukokeratosis; Leukoplakia, Oral; malignant transformation; Meta-analysis; Mouth Neoplasms; Oral cancer; Oral carcinoma; oral leukoplakia; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Prospective Studies; risk; Risk factors; Squamous cell carcinoma; Systematic review; meta-analysis; oral leukoplakia; risk; malignant transformation; systematic review

Objective Oral leukoplakia (OL) is the most frequently encountered oral potentially malignant disorder. The aims of this systematic review are to estimate the overall malignant transformation of OL and to assess the risk factors associated with malignant transformation of OL published in the last 5 ...