Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancer

Cancer is marked by the uncontrolled growth of cells, tissue invasion and metastasis to various organs via the circulatory and lymphatic systems. Recent data have expanded the concept that inflammation is a critical component of tumor progression. Many cancers arise from sites of infection, chronic...

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Main Authors: Gowri Pendyala, Saurabh Joshi, Shantanu Chaudhari, Dhananjay Gandhage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Dental Research Journal
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Online Access:http://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2013;volume=10;issue=6;spage=704;epage=712;aulast=Pendyala
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description Cancer is marked by the uncontrolled growth of cells, tissue invasion and metastasis to various organs via the circulatory and lymphatic systems. Recent data have expanded the concept that inflammation is a critical component of tumor progression. Many cancers arise from sites of infection, chronic irritation, and inflammation. The tumor microenvironment, which is largely orchestrated by inflammatory cells, is an indispensable participant in the neoplastic process, fostering proliferation, survival, and migration. Periodontal disease, a chronic inflammatory condition is characterized by an oral bacterial infection leading to inflammation within the supporting tissues of the teeth, which often leads to the destruction of the periodontal tissues and alveolar bone that support the teeth. This oral inflammation often has systemic effects leading to an increased concentration of circulating inflammatory markers with the severity of disease being correlated directly with levels of serum inflammatory markers. Periodontal infection has been linked to organ and systemic diseases. There is documented evidence of significant associations between cancer of the lung, kidney, pancreas, hematological and oral cancers, and periodontal disease. This articles reviews and summarizes the possible biological mechanisms involved between periodontal infection and cancer.
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spelling doaj.art-46ae2203c39645958b2136d42e93ee762022-12-22T02:19:58ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDental Research Journal1735-33272008-02552013-01-0110670471210.4103/1735-3327.122462Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancerGowri PendyalaSaurabh JoshiShantanu ChaudhariDhananjay GandhageCancer is marked by the uncontrolled growth of cells, tissue invasion and metastasis to various organs via the circulatory and lymphatic systems. Recent data have expanded the concept that inflammation is a critical component of tumor progression. Many cancers arise from sites of infection, chronic irritation, and inflammation. The tumor microenvironment, which is largely orchestrated by inflammatory cells, is an indispensable participant in the neoplastic process, fostering proliferation, survival, and migration. Periodontal disease, a chronic inflammatory condition is characterized by an oral bacterial infection leading to inflammation within the supporting tissues of the teeth, which often leads to the destruction of the periodontal tissues and alveolar bone that support the teeth. This oral inflammation often has systemic effects leading to an increased concentration of circulating inflammatory markers with the severity of disease being correlated directly with levels of serum inflammatory markers. Periodontal infection has been linked to organ and systemic diseases. There is documented evidence of significant associations between cancer of the lung, kidney, pancreas, hematological and oral cancers, and periodontal disease. This articles reviews and summarizes the possible biological mechanisms involved between periodontal infection and cancer.http://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2013;volume=10;issue=6;spage=704;epage=712;aulast=PendyalaCancerperiodontitisplausible mechanisms
spellingShingle Gowri Pendyala
Saurabh Joshi
Shantanu Chaudhari
Dhananjay Gandhage
Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancer
Dental Research Journal
Cancer
periodontitis
plausible mechanisms
title Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancer
title_full Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancer
title_fullStr Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancer
title_full_unstemmed Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancer
title_short Links demystified: Periodontitis and cancer
title_sort links demystified periodontitis and cancer
topic Cancer
periodontitis
plausible mechanisms
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