This is a retrospective and prospective observational cohort study to estimate the role of salivary and tumor derived chemerin and tissue CD 34 for early diagnosis and prognostication of patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma ,a single center study to be conducted in India only. Aims 1 To determine the reliability of immunohistochemical expression of Chemerin and CD 34 for prognostication of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2 To determine the reliability of salivary Chemerin levels for early detection of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Objectives 1 To quantify and compare the levels of Chemerin in the saliva of healthy individuals,Oral Epithelial Dysplasia and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma patients. 2 To evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of the Chemerin and CD34 in different histological grades of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma 3 To correlate the salivary Chemerin and immunohistochemical expression of Chemerin and CD 34 with clinicopathologic parameters of patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma 4 To correlate the immunohistochemical expression of chemerin and CD 34 in oral squamous cell carcinomas with the follow up status of patients. The study comprises of two major parts The first part is a prospective study which includes assessment of salivary levels of chemerin in patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and compare with that of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia and the control group. The second part is a retrospective study which deals with evaluation of immunohistochemical expression of Chemerin and CD 34 in archived formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma patients and further follow up of patients for prognostication will be done Inclusion Criteria for salivary part of the study Group 1 Well, Moderate and Poorly differentiated oral squamous cell carcinoma which is confirmed by clinical and histopathological examination 43 patients Group 2 Premalignant lesions which is confirmed by clinical and histopathological examination 32 patients Group 3 Clinically Healthy individuals without any systemic diseases and oral lesions 43 patients Total number of patients for salivary part of the study 118 patients Inclusion Criteria for tissue part of the study Group 1 Well differentiated Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma which is confirmed by clinical and histopathological examination 102 samples Group 2 Moderate and Poorly differentiated Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma which is confirmed by clinical and histopathological examination 82 samples Total sample size for tissue part of the study is 184 Total Number of samples required for the study including the tissue and the saliva samples is 302 Exclusion Criteria Patients with systemic diseases, inflammatory oral lesions, periodontal disease Prior history of other malignancy. Prior treatment in the form of chemotherapy, radiotherapy Pregnancy, Lactation Patients who are obese (BMI ≥30) Analysis of the biomarker The salivary Chemerin will be measured by using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay. The levels of salivary Chemerin measured will be quantified and compared across the study population for early diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma The tissue Chemerin and CD 34 will be evaluated by immunohistochemistry technique. The expression of marker will be analyzed in a semiquantitative manner by two independent observers having blinded the clinical details of the cases. Primary Outcome Salivary levels of Chemerin helps in the early diagnosis and immunohistochemical expression of Chemerin and CD 34 helps in the prognostication of patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma at 2 years 8 months Secondary Outcome The salivary chemerin and the immunohistochemical expression of chemerin,CD34 with clinicopathological parameters of patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma can be compared at 2 years 8 months |