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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dizdar, Omer
• Hayran, Mutlu
• Guven, Deniz Can
• Yılmaz, Tolga Birtan
• Taheri, Sahand
• Akman, Abdullah C.
• Bilgin, Emre
• Hüseyin, Beril
• Berker, Ezel

Titel

Increased cancer risk in patients with periodontitis

Ist Teil von

• Current medical research and opinion, 2017-12, Vol.33 (12), p.2195-2200

Ort / Verlag

England: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background: Previous studies have noted a possible association between periodontal diseases and the risk of various cancers. We assessed cancer risk in a cohort of patients with moderate to severe periodontitis. Methods: Patients diagnosed with moderate to severe periodontitis by a periodontist between 2001 and 2010 were identified from the hospital registry. Patients younger than 35 years of age or with a prior cancer diagnosis were excluded. The age- and gender-standardized incidence rates (SIR) were calculated by dividing the number of observed cases by the number of expected cases from Turkish National Cancer Registry 2013 data. Results: A total of 280 patients were included (median age 49.6, 54% female). Median follow-up was 12 years. Twenty-five new cancer cases were observed. Patients with periodontitis had 77% increased risk of cancer (SIR 1.77, 95% CI 1.17-2.58, p = .004). Women with periodontitis had significantly higher risk of breast cancer (SIR 2.40, 95% CI 0.88-5.33) and men with periodontitis had significantly higher risk of prostate cancer (SIR 3.75, 95% CI 0.95-10.21) and hematological cancers (SIR 6.97, 95% CI 1.77-18.98). Conclusion: Although showing a causal association necessitates further investigation, our results support the idea that periodontitis might be associated with increased cancer risk, particularly with hematological, breast and prostate cancers.