Potential role of circulating tumor cells and cell-free DNA as biomarkers in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A prospective single-center study

• Natsuki Eboshida,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Atsuko Hamada ,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hamaco@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9892-3097

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• Mirai Higaki,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Fumitaka Obayashi,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Nanako Ito,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Sachiko Yamasaki,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Ryouji Tani,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Tomoaki Shintani,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center of Oral Clinical Examination, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0789-3273

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• Koichi Koizumi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Souichi Yanamoto

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2372-8347

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