Abstract
Objective: Oral squamous-cell carcinoma (OSCC) still has a poor prognosis. Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is a major determinant of treatment decisions and prognosis. Serine protease inhibitor Kazal-type 5 (SPINK5) is the inhibitor of kallikrein 5 (KLK5) and KLK7. SPINK5, KLK5 and KLK7 are three of the genes of a recently
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