As an extension and terminal of genomics and proteomics, metabolomics has recently become a research focus of disease prevention, pathogenesis and disease diagnosis. With the development of metabolomics, its research in oral cancer and potential malignant lesions of oral cavity can provide important reference materials for laboratory and clinical practice. This paper reviews the theoretical basis of metabolomics, detection methods and analysis methods in oral cancer and potential malignant lesions of oral cavity.

Jie Bai, Zhitao Yao. Application of Metabolomics in Oral Cancer. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 3: 34-38. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2023.050306.

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