Open AccessFree radicals hasten head and neck cancer risk
Author(s) -
AK Singh,
Poonam Pandey,
Mallika Tewari,
H. P. Pandey,
Gambhir Is,
H. S. Shukla
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.180555
Subject(s) - medicine , oxidative stress , head and neck cancer , dna damage , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , cancer , carcinogenesis , antioxidant , reactive oxygen species , biopsy , pathology , oncology , biochemistry , dna , chemistry
Free radicals such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), which induce oxidative stress, are the main contributors to head and neck carcinogenesis (HNC). The present study was conducted with the aim to assess the oxidant/antioxidant status and DNA damage analysis in head and neck cancer/control patients.