title: Urinary neopterin excretion in patients with squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity.
abstract: Urinary neopterin concentrations were studied in 30 patients with squamous carcinoma or adenoid cystic carcinoma of the oral cavity. Compared to healthy controls 19 patients (63%) had increased neopterin concentrations. There was a statistically significant correlation between neopterin levels and tumor differentiation but no correlation of neopterin values with tumor size. Longitudinal studies will be necessary to evaluate a potential usefulness of neopterin concentrations to predict prognosis in squamous carcinomas of the oral cavity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berchtold
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Norer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waldhart
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wachter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001708:Biopterins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000652:urine; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000652:urine*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000652:urine*; D019798:Neopterin; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D001708:Biopterins; D019798:Neopterin