Prospective, blinded comparison of cytology and DNA-image cytometry of brush biopsies for early detection of oral malignancy.

OBJECTIVES: Adjunctive techniques like DNA image cytometry (DNA-ICM) have been attributed to enhance the diagnostic performance of oral brush biopsies. The aim of the study was an evaluation of brush biopsies, analysed according to morphological criteria and by DNA-ICM vs. histological findings in a...

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Published in:Oral Oncology Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 420 - 427
Main Authors: Kämmerer, Peer W, Koch, F P, Santoro, M, Babaryka, G, Biesterfeld, S, Brieger, J, Kunkel, M
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science May2013
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