Gene Therapy And Oral Cancer

It is common knowledge that the incidence of Oral squamous cell carcinoma worldwide is high and that it has a fairly poor prognosis. Methods such as surgeryradiation therapy and chemotherapy have been used widely to treat such cancers. Cancer patients who are not helped by these therapies can be treated by gene therapy. Gene therapy is a new treatment modality in which a new gene is introduced or an existing gene is manipulated to cause cancer cell death or slow the growth of the tumor.