Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have developed a new gene test to identify people at risk for mouth cancer. Using the Malignancy Index Diagnostic System test to detect precancerous cells in paients with benign-looking mouth lesions, earlier diagnosis leads to earlier treatment regimens for patients, improving chance of survival. While only 5%-30% of mouth lesions result in cancer, mouth cancer nonetheless affects more than 500,000 people worldwide, and is often caused by smoking, chewing tobacco, or drinking alcohol. In preliminary studies using this gene test, "it had a cancer detection rate between 91 percent and 94 percent."
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Study mentioned: Teh MT et al. Exploiting FOXM1-Orchestrated molecular network for early squamous cell carcinoma diagnosis and prognosis. Int J Cancer. 2012 Oct 4 [EPub ahead of print]. PMID 23034676
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