Beyond Head and Neck Cancer: The Relationship Between Oral Microbiota and Tumour Development in Distant Organs

An altered oral microbiota has been linked with the development of several oral diseases, such as dental caries, periodontal disease, and oral stomatitis. Moreover, poor oral health has been linked to head and neck cancer, particularly oral cancer. In recent years a growing number of studies indicat...

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Main Authors: Marco Mascitti, Lucrezia Togni, Giuseppe Troiano, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Davide Bartolomeo Gissi, Lucio Montebugnoli, Maurizio Procaccini, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Andrea Santarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00232/full