Salivary microbiome changes distinguish response to chemoradiotherapy in patients with oral cancer
Abstract Background Oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is associated with oral microbial dysbiosis. In this unique study, we compared pre- to post-treatment salivary microbiome in patients with SCC by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and examined how microbiome changes correlated with the expression of an a...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2023-11-01
|
Series: | Microbiome |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01677-w |