Open AccessEstimation and comparative study of serum total sialic acid levels as tumor markers in oral cancer and precancer
Author(s) -
Manjiri Joshi,
Ranjitkumar Patil
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0973-1482.73339
Subject(s) - sialic acid , medicine , cancer , chewing tobacco , betel , stage (stratigraphy) , head and neck cancer , gastroenterology , biology , biochemistry , structural engineering , nut , engineering , paleontology
Tumor markers are a major part of the secondary prevention and thus the detection of malignancies. Neoplasms often have an increased concentration of sialic acid on the tumor cell surface and are shed or secreted by some of these cells which increase the concentration in blood.