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ReviewPharmaceutics2026

Efficacy of 5-ALA Photodynamic Therapy in Dysplastic Oral Leukoplakia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Magdalena Sulewska, Patryk Wiśniewski, Monika Stępniewska, Zuzanna Poloczek, Dawid Chodziński, Piotr Melion, Maksymilian Pawluczuk, Aleksandra Pietruska, Małgorzata Pietruska

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. [Preliminary investigation into the mechanisms of thalidomide in inhibiting the malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Magdalena SulewskaDepartment of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4326-8907
Patryk WiśniewskiDepartment of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0009-0002-4613-383X
Monika StępniewskaStudents' Research Group on Oral Mucosal Diseases, Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0009-0001-8139-6654
Zuzanna PoloczekStudents' Research Group on Oral Mucosal Diseases, Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.
Dawid ChodzińskiStudents' Research Group on Oral Mucosal Diseases, Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.
Piotr MelionStudents' Research Group on Oral Mucosal Diseases, Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.
Maksymilian PawluczukStudents' Research Group on Oral Mucosal Diseases, Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.
Aleksandra PietruskaStudents' Research Group on Oral Mucosal Diseases, Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.
Małgorzata PietruskaDepartment of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Waszyngtona 13, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

5-aminolevulinic acidepithelial dysplasiamalignant transformationmeta-analysisoral leukoplakiaphotodynamic therapyrecurrence

Identifiers

PMID41754995
PMCPMC12944706

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