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Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Prognosis

Studies from Seoul National University, Department of Pathology have provided new data on oral squamous cell carcinoma prognosis

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, January 22nd, 2007

A new study, "Clinical significance of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma," is now available. "The multifunctional G-protein-coupled metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) family comprises eight subtypes, some of which participate in tumorigenesis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate mGluR5 expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) tissues and oral cancer cell lines," scientists in Seoul, Korea report.

"We also investigated the prognostic significance of mGluR5 and its functional importance in the migration, invasion, and adhesion of oral cancer cells. We evaluated the expression of mGluR5 in samples from 131 oral...

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