Year : 2019

Volume : Volume 10

Issue : Issue 1

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Abhishek Roy.
calcutta93@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Oral cancer comprises of genetic damage over time. The older cancer diagnostic aids had less specificity, were time-consuming, and produced inter-observer bias. Advancements in the technology and curative methodologies in the past few years have helped to diagnose and treat this disease at an early stage. Advances in molecular and genetic biology have helped us to better understand the complexity amongst genetic, transcriptional, and translational alterations in human cancers. This review provides a summary of all the diagnostic modalities that were used earlier and the newer more advanced techniques with merits and demerits of each technique described briefly.

Keywords: Genetic biology, Molecular biology Oral cancer.