Investigating Salivary Proteins and Enzymes as Early Indicators of Oral Cancer

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Nedal Iqbal , Saima Rasheed , Madiha Rasheed , Erum Rashid Chaidhry, Aqsa Malik, Adnan Bashir

Keywords

oral cancer, salivary biomarkers, early detection, noninvasive diagnostic tools

Abstract

Background  
Mouth cancer being a critical global health concern, mainly to areas with increased cigarette smokers. Symptom detection upon onset is highly relevant in enhancing the survival probability; the existing diagnostic procedures being expensive and invasive. Noninvasive salivary biomarkers for early detection in dollars are effective, cheap solutions for the improvement of patients’ over lucky outcome. 

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