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Salivary Gland Cancer Immunology

Researchers from University Hospital provide details of new studies and findings in the area of salivary gland cancer immunology

Published in Cancer Law Weekly, February 13th, 2010

A report, 'Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7 in salivary gland cancer,' is newly published data in Acta Oncologica. "High levels of certain matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been detected in various human cancers. The purpose of this study was to analyze the expression of MMP-7 in salivary gland cancer (SGC) by immunohistochemistry and to associate the results with the clinical data and the 10-year survival of the SGC patients," investigators in Turku, Finland report.

"Immunohistochemistry for MMP-7 was performed in a series of 107 paraffin-embedded sections of SGC. The samples represent the entire SGC population in Finland from 1991-1996. Mortality follow-up...

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