Sensitivity Analysis of a New Cancer Risk Assessment Tool That Evaluates Salivary Polyamines
The sensitivity of the SalivaChecker® was 68.2%. Future studies should assess the specificity of this test in patients without cancer to further evaluate its utility.
Authors
- Shuji Nomoto
- Masako Yoshimatsu
- Takashi Ukai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5251-1932)
- Hideto Imura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-8223)
- Nagato Natsume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7943-2284)
- Masahiro Umeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-1864)
- Kayo Hayami
- Teruyuki Niimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3981-0177)
- Sakiko Soutome (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4646-587X)
- Motohiro Kurose
Institutions
- University of Nagasaki (JP)
- Aichi Gakuin University (JP)
- Nagoya Gakuin University (JP)
- Nagasaki University Hospital (JP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.90217
- Primary Topic
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00