Oral microbial community composition is associated with pancreatic cancer: A case-control study in Iran.
Emily VogtmannYongli HanJ Gregory CaporasoNicholas BokulichAshraf MohamadkhaniAlireza MoayyedkazemiXing HuaFarin KamangarYunhu WanShalabh SumanBin ZhuAmy HutchinsonCasey DagnallKristine JonesBelynda HicksJianxin ShiReza MalekzadehChristian C AbnetAkram PourshamsPublished in: Cancer medicine (2019)
The overall microbial community appeared to differ between pancreatic cancer cases and controls. Whether these reflect differences evident before development of pancreatic cancer will need to be evaluated in prospective studies.