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ArticleClinical and experimental dental research2024

Evaluation of salivary transferrin in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Fatemeh Tavakoli, Mohammad Ali Ghavimi, Vahid Fakhrzadeh, Dorna Abdolzadeh, Aylar Afshari, Hosein Eslami

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Article in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Fatemeh TavakoliDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3297-5465
Mohammad Ali GhavimiDepartment, of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Vahid FakhrzadehDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Dorna AbdolzadehSchool of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Aylar AfshariSchool of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-2079-4317
Hosein EslamiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-0050-5872
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

objectivesAbout 94% of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs). Its occurrence is age-related due to some factors. Salivary biomarkers have good susceptibility to OSCC's early diagnosis. Moreover, since the clinical diagnosis of advanced stages of OSCC is feasible, its prognosis is very poor. MATERIAL AND

methodsAccording to inclusion and exclusion criteria, 40 OSCC patients and 40 healthy people were selected, and 5 mL of saliva were prepared from each person. The quantity of saline transferrin was computed. After that, the data were analyzed.

resultsOur study results demonstrated that the mean and standard deviation of the salivary transferrin in the control group were 1.234 mL and 0.374, respectively, and in the case group, it was equal to 2.512 mL for the mean and 0.463 for the standard deviation. There was a statistically substantial difference between the mean of the salivary transferrin variable in the two study groups.

conclusionIn conclusion, the mean concentration of salivary transferrin in the case group was higher than in the control group.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellHead and Neck NeoplasmsMouth NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorHumansSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckTransferrinBiomarkers, TumorTransferrinoral squamous cell carcinomasalivary biomarkerstransferrin

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