Open AccessEstimation of plasma lipids and its significance on histopathological grades in oral cancer: Prognostic significance an original research
Author(s) -
Eugenia Sherubin,
Swati Kannan,
Dhineksh N Kumar,
Isaac Joseph
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.110685
Subject(s) - cancer , cholesterol , lipid profile , medicine , high density lipoprotein , lipoprotein , lipid metabolism , gastroenterology , pathology , oncology , endocrinology
Alterations in the lipid profile have long been associated with various cancers because lipids play a key role in maintenance of cell integrity. This study was to estimate the plasma lipid levels in patients with oral cancer and to correlate the values with the histopathological grades.