Review Article

Malignant Transformation Rate in Patients Presenting Oral Epithelial Dysplasia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) count and malignant transformation rate (MTR).

First authorYearOral epithelial dysplasiaMalignant transformationMalignant transformation rate
TotalMildMod.Sev.TotalMildMod.Sev.TotalMildMod.Sev.

Bánóczy [13]197668134312913513.2%7.7%7.0%41.7%
Mincer [17]197245NA32135NA2311.1%NA6.3%23.1%
Gupta [7]198090NANANA6NANANA6.7%NANANA
Lumerman [18]19954319186733116.3%15.8%16.7%16.7%
Cowan [12]2001165NANANA24NANANA14.6%NANANA
Holmstrup [11]20068242261485219.8%11.9%7.7%7.1%
Hsue [8]2007166NANANA8NANANA4.8%NANANA
Ho [9]200933NANANA8NANANA24.2%NANANA
Arduino [16]20092071355022154297.3%3.0%4.0%43.0%
Bradley [21]201014349593261491394743499.7%4.9%13.2%32.9%
Liu [10]201113892NA463717NA2026.8%18.5%NA43.5%
Warnakulasuriya [15]2011204104703024511811.8%4.8%15.7%26.7%
Ho [14]201291403120238111125.3%20.0%35.5%55.0%
Zhang [22]201229612713534411619613.9%12.6%14.1%17.7%
Sperandio [19]20132011036929174768.5%3.9%10.1%20.7%
Dost [20]20143682218555269617.1%4.1%7.1%1.8%

NA: not available.