Oral microbiota and cancer

Inflammation caused by infections may be the most important preventable cause of cancer in general. However, in the oral cavity the role of microbiota in carcinogenesis is not known. Microbial populations on mouth mucosa differ between healthy and malignant sites and certain oral bacterial species h...

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Main Author: Jukka H. Meurman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Oral Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.journaloforalmicrobiology.net/index.php/jom/article/view/5195/5861