Author/Authors :
Berchtold، نويسنده , , J. and Murr، نويسنده , , C. and Norer، نويسنده , , B. and Waldhart، نويسنده , , E. De Wachter، نويسنده , , Astrid H. Paulitsch-Fuchs، نويسنده , , D.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Urinary neopterin concentrations were studied in 30 patients with squamous carcinoma or adenoid cystic carcinoma of the oral cavity. Compared to healthy controls 19 patients (63%) had increased neopterin concentrations. There was a statistically significant correlation between neopterin levels and tumor differentiation but no correlation of neopterin values with tumor size. Longitudinal studies will be necessary to evaluate a potential usefulness of neopterin concentrations to predict prognosis in squamous carcinomas of the oral cavity.
