›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (12): 1121-1124.

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Research advances in relationship between periodontitis and cancer

  

  • Received:2021-04-19 Revised:2021-07-02 Online:2021-12-28 Published:2021-12-31

Abstract: Periodontitis is closely related to general health and many systemic diseases.In recent years, a number of studies have found that there is a correlation between periodontitis and cancer. Periodontitis promotes the occurrence and development of cancer, and patients with periodontitis have an increased risk of cancer, but the specific mechanism between the two remains unclear. This article reviews the relationship between periodontitis and head and neck cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer and breast cancer and the mechanisms.

Key words: periodontitis, cancer, periodontal pathogen, cytokines