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Integrative Cancer Therapies, Vol. 6, No. 4, 365-372 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1534735407309760

Lipid Peroxidation, Total Antioxidant Status, and Total Thiol Levels Predict Overall Survival in Patients With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Beena P. Patel, PhD

Cell Biology Division, the Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India, , patel.beena{at}yahoo.com

Upendra M. Rawal, PhD

Department of Zoology, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India

Tina K. Dave, PhD

Biochemistry Research Division, the Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India

Rakesh M. Rawal, PhD

Biochemistry Research Division, the Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India

Shilin N. Shukla, MD

Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India

Pankaj M. Shah, MD

Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India

Prabhudas S. Patel, PhD

Biochemistry Research Division, the Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India

Tobacco is the major etiological factor for oral cancer development through the generation of oxidative stress. Therefore, markers of oxidative stress such as total antioxidant status, lipid peroxidation, and total thiol levels might be useful to monitor oxidative stress and predict overall survival in oral cancer patients. The study included 140 oral cancer patients and 50 healthy controls, who were classified as with the habit of tobacco and no habit of tobacco. Adjacent normal and malignant tissue samples were collected from oral cancer patients. Plasma and tissue levels of lipid peroxidation, thiol, and total antioxidant status were assayed by spectrophotometric methods. Thiol levels were significantly lower in controls with the habit of tobacco (P = .033), oral cancer patients ( P = .0001), and malignant tissues (P = .015) as compared to controls with no habit of tobacco, controls with the habit of tobacco, and adjacent normal tissues, respectively. Tobacco exposure was higher in oral cancer patients than controls with the habit of tobacco. Controls with the habit of tobacco who had lower thiol (odds ratio [OR] = 10.58, P = .008) and high tobacco exposure (OR = 0.251, P = .05) showed an elevated risk of oral cancer development. Patients showing a lipid peroxidation level above the cutoff level as compared to patients below the cutoff level showed poor overall survival, whereas those with thiol and total antioxidant status levels below the cutoff level as compared to their respective counterparts showed poor overall survival. In conclusion, lipid peroxidation and thiol could be useful for predicting the risk of oral carcinogenesis in healthy tobacco consumers and predicting overall survival of oral cancer patients.

Key Words: lipid peroxide • thiol • total antioxidants • oral cancer


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