RACK1 is an organ-specific prognostic predictor in OSCC

OSCC is one of the most common subtypes of HNSCC, with an estimated 300,000 new cases and 140,000 deaths occurring worldwide each year [1]. The five-year survival rate of patients with OSCC is only about 50%, despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment [2]. Now, the most significant factors to affect outcome of patients with OSCC are still the classical clinic pathological parameters of tumor such as tumor stage, and clinical TNM stage, which are not possible to be good predictors of the risk of death.

Source: Oral Oncology - November 29, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sai Liu, JiaJia Liu, Jiongke Wang, Junxin Cheng, Xin Zeng, Ning Ji, Jing Li, Qianming Chen Source Type: research