Saliva diagnostic and cancer monitoring: Overview

Saliva is a biological fluid consisting of a large number of biomarkers and secretions which can help in the diagnosis of many diseases. indeed,saliva has known a particular popularity in biomedical field since the nineties. its wide popularity is mainly due to the ease of collection. this could fit the screening of large population. in cancers monitoring,saliva has also shown a potential in the detection of tumor markers which are detectable in cancer patients blood and could be easily quantified by immunoassays. this could be a proof of possible use of salivary markers in prevention,diagnosis and monitoring in many cancers without necessarily using high invasive methods used in practice.