Open AccessA non-invasive study to estimate and compare salivary sialic acid level as tumor marker in patients with pre-cancer and oral cancer
Author(s) -
Tharun Varghese Jacob,
Maya Ramesh,
S Murali,
Maya Ramesh,
P R Sanjay,
Philip Abraham
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.148697
Subject(s) - sialic acid , saliva , cancer , basal cell , metastasis , medicine , glycolipid , tumor progression , cancer research , gastroenterology , immunology , chemistry , biochemistry
Sialic acids are important terminal sugars of the carbohydrate chains of cell membrane glycoproteins and glycolipids. The progressive rise in total sialic acid (TSA) levels has been significantly associated with tumor progression and metastasis.