Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC): Advances through omics technologies, towards ESCC salivaomics

Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the two main subtypes of oesophageal cancer, affecting mainly populations in Asia. Though there have been great efforts to develop methods for a better prognosis, there is still a limitation in the staging of this affection. As a result, ESCC is d...

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Published inDrug Discoveries & Therapeutics Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 247 - 257
Main Authors González-Plaza, Juan José, Garrido-Sánchez, Lourdes, Zhumadilov, Zhaxybay, Hulak, Nataša, Akilzhanova, Ainur, García-Fuentes, Eduardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement 01.08.2015
Subjects
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - metabolism
Esophageal Neoplasms - metabolism
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Gene Expression Profiling - methods
Humans
metabolomics
Metabolomics - methods
Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
proteomics
Proteomics - methods
saliva
Saliva - chemistry
salivaomics
transcriptomics
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ISSN1881-7831
1881-784X
DOI10.5582/ddt.2015.01042

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Summary:Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the two main subtypes of oesophageal cancer, affecting mainly populations in Asia. Though there have been great efforts to develop methods for a better prognosis, there is still a limitation in the staging of this affection. As a result, ESCC is detected at advances stages, when the interventions on the patient do not have such a positive outcome, leading in many cases to recurrence and to a very low 5-year survival rate, causing high mortality. A way to decrease the number of deaths is the use of biomarkers that can trace the advance of the disease at early stages, when surgical or chemotherapeutic methodologies would have a greater effect on the evolution of the subject. The new high throughput omics technologies offer an unprecedented chance to screen for thousands of molecules at the same time, from which a new set of biomarkers could be developed. One of the most convenient types of samples is saliva, an accessible body fluid that has the advantage of being non-invasive for the patient, being easy to store or to process. This review will focus on the current status of the new omics technologies regarding salivaomics in ESCC, or when not evaluated yet, the achievements in related diseases.
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ISSN:1881-7831
1881-784X
DOI:10.5582/ddt.2015.01042