Open AccessButyrylcholinesterase: An economical marker of disease activity in oral squamous cell carcinoma before and after therapy
Author(s) -
Shradha Jaiswal,
Gaurav Jaiswal
Publication year - 2020
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/jcrt.jcrt_207_16
Subject(s) - butyrylcholinesterase , medicine , basal cell , biomarker , gastroenterology , cholinesterase , analysis of variance , oncology , statistical significance , post hoc analysis , disease , radiation therapy , bonferroni correction , cancer , pathology , aché , biology , acetylcholinesterase , enzyme , biochemistry , statistics , mathematics
Biomarkers which can predict disease progression and serve as prognostic indicators are necessary for better management of oral cancer. Studies have shown that Cholinesterase plays an important role in cellular proliferation, differentiation and may have a possible involvement in tumor growth.