Mitochondrial DNA copy number and risk of oral cancer: a report from Northeast India.

<h4>Background</h4>Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the sixth most common cancer globally. Tobacco consumption and HPV infection, both are the major risk factor for the development of oral cancer and causes mitochondrial dysfunction. Genetic polymorphisms in xenobiotic-metabolizing...

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Main Authors: Rosy Mondal, Sankar Kumar Ghosh, Javed Hussain Choudhury, Anil Seram, Kavita Sinha, Marine Hussain, Ruhina Shirin Laskar, Bijuli Rabha, Pradip Dey, Sabitri Ganguli, Monisha Nathchoudhury, Fazlur Rahman Talukdar, Biswadeep Chaudhuri, Bishal Dhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23469236/?tool=EBI