Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry are reporting for the first time that they have developed the first standardized saliva RNA test for oral cancer. Now ready for further clinical testing, this new tool for detecting cancer will provide enormous clinical value in reducing the mortality and morbidity of oral cancer patients and improving their quality of life.
The standardized saliva-based test for oral cancer detection developed at the school now can be used anywhere in the world to reliably generate comparable data across clinical sites. As the test is still in its research phase, it should be administered by health care providers such as physicians and dentists in clinical offices, hospitals or reference labs. In the coming months, researchers hope to engage in a national multi-center study of the test in association with the National Cancer Institute.
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