Open AccessRole of Serum ß-Carotene in the Diagnosis and Prevention of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma – A Case Control Study
Author(s) -
Prashanthi Chippagiri,
Im A,
Banavar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7534.4211
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell , carotene , cancer , gastroenterology , carcinoma , head and neck , oncology , incidence (geometry) , head and neck cancer , pathology , surgery , biology , physics , food science , optics
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common cancer of the head and neck. It accounts for more than 90% of all malignancies Which occur in the head and neck region. The high incidence and mortality rate of oral cancer stimulates continuation of research on finding new diagnostic tools or markers for it.