title: Sister chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes of patients with oral carcinoma.
abstract: Sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) were studied in cultured peripheral lymphocytes of 22 untreated patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and 29 age- and sex-matched controls. The SCE rate in cancer patients was not significantly higher compared with that found in controls, but there was a significant correlation between the SCE rate in lymphocytes of the cancer patients and the size of the primary tumor.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange