Podoplanin emerges as a functionally relevant oral cancer biomarker and therapeutic target

Over 14  million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year, which kill a person about every 5 seconds around the world [4]. These statistics indicate that many cancers are not treated successfully. Oral cancer has earned its place among the world’s most vicious malignancies. Oral cancer kills over 8,00 0 people in the USA and 140,000 people worldwide every year, and these numbers are rising [5,6].

Source: Oral Oncology - February 2, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Edward P. Retzbach, Stephanie A. Sheehan, Evan M. Nevel, Amber Batra, Tran Phi, Angels T.P. Nguyen, Yukinari Kato, Soly Baredes, Mahnaz Fatahzadeh, Alan J. Shienbaum, Gary S. Goldberg Tags: Review Source Type: research