Early Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer And Sjogren's Syndrome Possible By Saliva-Based Tests
Diagnosing oral cancer and Sjogren's syndrome using saliva-based tests will soon become a reality according to two studies presented at the yearly meeting of American Association for Dental Research.// Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that is characterized by dry eyes, dry mouth and rheumatoid arthritis. "If we can catch someone with oral cancer at stage 2 instead of stage 4, we can...Diagnosis Of Sjogren's Syndrome Possible Using Saliva
Scientists have found, instead of blood tests and biopsy, saliva can be used to detect primary Sj?gren’s Syndrome (pSS), //an autoimmune disease which affects ~4 million American, 90% being women. pSS patients are 40 times more at risk than healthy people to develop lymphoma, a fatal lymphocytic cancer. Scientists at the University of California-Los Angeles have identified a panel of s...