Proteins in saliva may reveal oral squamous cell carcinoma, a serious and often undetected disease that claims the lives of more than 7500 Americans each year. The news was posted in Clinical Cancer Research, October 1, 2008 issue, as a result of Dr. David T. Wong’s research at University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry. Wong works with the Human Saliva Proteome Project, an undertaking begun by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
Learn more about oral cancer at Oral Cancer Foundation. Currently, ViziLite and VELscope are early detection systems used in dental checkups.
SOURCE: Medical News Today
