Table 1

Studies dealing with the association between oral SCC and preoperative CRP levels

Author

Number of patients

Results

Gallo et al. [10]

18

Significance of CRP and IL-6 in regard to tumour stage

Jablonska et al. [11]

42

CRP, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α serum levels related to clinical stage of disease

Khandavilli et al. [12]

60

CRP level is associated with worse overall outcome

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