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The Mechanism and Pathways of Formation and Modification of Salivary Metabolic Profile in Cancer.

Current issues in molecular biology · Dyachenko EI, Bel'skaya LV · 2026-07-16

Saliva's chemical composition—including electrolytes, amino acids, lipids, and immune markers—changes in cancer patients and reflects both local oral and systemic disease processes, with multimarker analysis potentially offering diagnostic value for early detection and treatment monitoring.

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