Correlation of serum levo-fucose levels as a biomarker with tumor node metastasis staging in oral cancer patients

• Main Authors: P Redwin Dhas Manchil (Author), E Tatu Joy (Author), M Shashi Kiran (Author), J Eugenia Sherubin (Author), M Farakath Khan (Author), B S Aravind (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: oral cancer is a result of disordered cellular behavior initiated by various stimuli which is characterized by the alteration of serum glycoproteins consisting of different monosaccharides. One of these is levo-fucose (L-fucose), a methyl pentose. Elevated levels of protein-bound fucose...