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Salivary sialic acid and cancer.

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: In this preliminary study the salivary sialic acid levels in 56 randomly selected cancer patients of different ages were compared with those of 70 healthy controls of similar age distribution. The cancer patients consisted of 25 women and 31 men. Twenty were suffering from lung cancer. Unstimulated whole saliva was collected by expectoration. The mean sialic acid levels were 185 +/- 22.8 mg/dl in the cancer group and 6.2 +/- 3.72 mg/dl in the controls and the difference between them was significant (p < 0.0001). The subjects were also grouped according to age and cancer type. However there were no significant differences in sialic acid levels between these.

Source: PubMed

Authors: L Koç, A Yarat, N Emekli, S Serdengeçti, B Berkarda

Institution: Marmara University

Language: English

Topic: Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2419561932

FWCI: 0.106

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Cited by: 12

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