Salivary Tumour Markers In Oral Cancer: Brief Review

Oral cancer accounts for over 30% of all cancers in India. Early detectionfollowed by appropriate treatment, can increase cure rates to 80 or 90%, and greatlyimprove the quality of life by minimizing extensive, debilitating treatments .Circulatory epithelial tumour markers were previously investigated in the serum ofOSCC patients for early detection of cancers. Scientists are now searching forbiomarkers in saliva, an easy to obtain body fluid, for noninvasive detection of oralcancer which makes the measurement of tumour markers in saliva an attractivealternative to serum testing for early detection, post treatment monitoring andmonitoring high risk lesion.