In the short term, enhanced knowledge of pathogenesis,particularly inflammation and its associated DNA damage—both nitrative and oxidative—may assist in disease control,
provided the at-risk populations can be educated of the elevated risk of CCA from repeated infections
In the longer term, it should be feasible to develop specific and sensitive techniques for detection of oxidative damage markers in serum, urine, or faces for early cancer screening of the at risk populations. We and others are now actively engaged in this
endeavour