Riikka Ellonen, Jetta Kelppe, Jaana Hagström, Auli Suominen, Jaana Willberg, Jaana Rautava, Hanna K Laine
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Abstract
Objectives: Oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) can be graded histopathologically by using a binary- or three-tiered grading system. This study aimed to analyze and compare the prognostic value of the two systems in a large single-institute material.
Materials and methods: The study was a retrospective histopathological re-evaluation analysis of 612 OEDs over 29 years at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. OED patients who later developed squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) were identified from the Finnish Cancer Registry database.
Results: Altogether, the mean age of 612 OEDs patients was 59.9 years. The male:female ratio was 0.67. According to the original three-tiered diagnosis, 67.7% of the samples were mild dysplasia, 28.7% moderate dysplasia, and 3.6% severe dysplasia cases. With binary-tiered diagnosis, low-grade dysplasia 84.1% was more common than high-grade dysplasia 15.9%. The malignant transformation rate was 7.8%. Regarding oral SCC development, no difference was found between the grading systems in predicting the malignant progression (p = 0.060).
Conclusions: Both binary- and three-tiered grading systems of dysplasia classification had similar predictive value for malignant transformation.
期刊介绍:
Oral Diseases is a multidisciplinary and international journal with a focus on head and neck disorders, edited by leaders in the field, Professor Giovanni Lodi (Editor-in-Chief, Milan, Italy), Professor Stefano Petti (Deputy Editor, Rome, Italy) and Associate Professor Gulshan Sunavala-Dossabhoy (Deputy Editor, Shreveport, LA, USA). The journal is pre-eminent in oral medicine. Oral Diseases specifically strives to link often-isolated areas of dentistry and medicine through broad-based scholarship that includes well-designed and controlled clinical research, analytical epidemiology, and the translation of basic science in pre-clinical studies. The journal typically publishes articles relevant to many related medical specialties including especially dermatology, gastroenterology, hematology, immunology, infectious diseases, neuropsychiatry, oncology and otolaryngology. The essential requirement is that all submitted research is hypothesis-driven, with significant positive and negative results both welcomed. Equal publication emphasis is placed on etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.