Discrimination of oral squamous cell carcinoma from oral lichen planus by salivary metabolomics.
Shigeo IshikawaMasahiro SugimotoKaoru EdamatsuAyako SuganoKenichiro KitabatakeMitsuyoshi IinoPublished in: Oral diseases (2019)
We identified salivary metabolites for discerning between OSCC and OLP, which is clinically important for detecting the malignant transformation of OLP by both dentists and oral surgery specialists. Our candidate salivary metabolites show potential for non-invasive screening of OSCC versus OLP.