Salivary VEGF: a non-invasive angiogenic and lymphangiogenic proxy in head and neck cancer prognostication
Upile, T., Jerjes, W., Kafas, P. , Hirani, S. P., Singh, S. U., Guyer, M., Bentley, M., Sudhoff, H. & Hopper, C. (2009). Salivary VEGF: a non-invasive angiogenic and lymphangiogenic proxy in head and neck cancer prognostication. International Archives of Medicine, 2(1), p. 12. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-2-12
Abstract
Saliva is an enriched milieu containing biologically active proteins, including growth factors and cytokines. The endothelial growth factor family of proteins is important for the development of blood and lymphatic vessels in a healthy individual but also can aide tumour growth.The aim of this study is to develop an independent normative database of values of salivary VEGF in a healthy population and to test the hypothesis that values would be raised in the saliva of patients with oral cancer.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Healthcare Services Research & Management |
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