Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool in Oral Cancer- An Opinion

Anju R Nath; Jeyakumar Natarajan

Opinion

Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool in Oral Cancer- An Opinion

Binafsha Manzoor Syed^1,2*, Sikander Munir Memon¹, Fasiha Shah³, Shahzad Mughal¹ and Jawaid Naeem Qureshi⁴

¹1Medical Research Centre, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro, Pakistan

²LUMHS Centre, Pakistan Health Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan

³Department of Social Work, Universiti Sains Malaysia

⁴Indus Medical College, Tando Mohammad Khan, Pakistan

Corresponding Author

Received Date: December 07, 2020; Published Date: December 18, 2020

Abstract

Testing Saliva is a novel approach and recent research trend in diagnostics of local oral and systemic diseases as liquid biopsy. In patients with oral submucous fibrosis where biopsy further raises the risk of malignant transformation, changes in the composition of saliva including electrolytes, proteins content and presence of RNAs, tumor markers and cells as a panel can potentially be used for early detection of oral cancers.

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Citation

Binafsha Manzoor S, Sikander Munir M, Fasiha S, Shahzad M, Jawaid Naeem Q. Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool in Oral Cancer- An Opinion. Adv Can Res & Clinical Imag. 3(1): 2020. ACRCI.MS.ID.000554.