Abstract
The early detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma by non-invasive methods has the potential to hasten diagnosis and thus lessen the morbidity associated with tumour therapy. Dielectrophoresis (DEP) can non-invasively determine electrophysiological parameters such as conductivity and permittivity of cellular cytoplasm and membrane. The present study demonstrates that DEP can be utilised to characterise H357 and UP cells and reveals that there are significant differences in these parameters between malignant and more normal epithelial cell lines. The present results suggest that DEP has potential for the early detection of cancerous from non-cancerous cells in a clinical setting.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-203 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Oral Oncology |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 20 Sept 2006 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgement We would like to thank Miss Sue Chin for offering technical help to LMBKeywords
- Dielectrophoresis
- Characterization
- Carcinoma
- Keratinocyte
- Membrane
- Conductivity
- Separation