title: Evaluation of the malignancy of oral cavity tumors with a new electrochemical diagnostic method.
abstract: The authors applied the new electrochemical diagnostic method of Pápa on 110 patients with tumors or inflammations in the oral cavity. The examinations were carried out with a surface electrode in 107 and with a needle electrode in 23 cases. The obtained values were compared with the histological results and the clinical picture. On the basis of these studies it has been found that the values obtained in malignant processus are more than twice as high as the values of the healthy tissues or the benign tumors. According to their experience, this new diagnostic method can be used in the early diagnosis of cancer and for the evaluation of the extension of the tumor as well as in the judgment of the development of regional metastases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes