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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Min A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4609509 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Min Anjie A Zhu Chao C Peng Shuping S Rajthala Saroj S Costea Daniela Elena DE Sapkota Dipak D
BioMed research international 20151004
Oral cancer, represented mainly by oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), is the eighth most common type of human cancer worldwide. The number of new OSCC cases is increasing worldwide, especially in the low-income countries, and the prognosis remains poor in spite of recent advances in the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), 18-25 nucleotides long noncoding RNA molecules, have recently gained significant attention as potential regulators and biomarkers for carcinogenesis. R ...[more]