Heavy metal exposure as a risk factor in oral cancer.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Heavy metal levels in malignant salivary gland tumours: a case-control study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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2. Heavy Metal-Driven Oral Dysbiosis: Salivary Toxicometallomics at the Host-Microbiome Interface Across Pathologies.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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3. Toward Smart Salivary Diagnostics: A Comprehensive Review of Heavy Metal Biomarkers and Digital Risk Modeling.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4. Acute Exposure to Cadmium Triggers NCOA4-Mediated Ferritinophagy and Ferroptosis in Never-Smokers Oral Cancer Cells.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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