Saliva as a diagnostic frontier: Assessing healthcare students' readiness for salivary biomarkers in early cancer detection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Salivaomics represents a novel diagnostic domain that provides a non-invasive and accessible alternative to conventional cancer detection techniques. Saliva encompasses a diverse array of indicators, such as microRNAs, cytokines, and proteins, indicative of both systemic and oral health. Notwithstanding the increasing data endorsing its clinical efficacy, salivary diagnostics are still underutilised, mostly owing to insufficient knowledge among prospective healthcare practitioners.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and perception (KAP) of healthcare students in Saudi Arabia regarding the use of salivary biomarkers for early cancer detection, and to identify factors influencing their willingness to integrate such diagnostics into the cur

SUBMITTER: Vasudevan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12483248 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature