Salivary biomarkers for cancer diagnosis: a meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Salivary biomarkers may be potentially used for non-invasive diagnosis of malignant non-oral tumors. Key messages:This meta-analysis evaluates the diagnostic value of salivary biomarkers for detection of malignant non-oral tumors to better define the role of saliva as an alternative liquid biopsy.Salivary biomarkers showed 85% accuracy for cancer distant to the oral cavity.Saliva represents a promising non-invasive source of novel biomarkers in cancer. PMID: 32056455 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Ann Med Source Type: research