Gut: Brush your teeth and prevent cancer! Periodontal disease increases the risk of cancer!

If you don't want to get cancer, I'm afraid you'll brush your teeth or floss more than you want to keep healthy. !---- In a new study published in Gut, T.H. was published at Harvard University in the United States. Researchers at the Chan School of Public Health and The First Hospital, affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University, report that the gums are unhealthy and have a higher risk of developing certain types of cancer.this is a prospective study, based on data from two long-term health studies , namely the role of oral microbiome in stomach cancer and the potential link between oral bacteria and esophageal cancer , a history of gum disease appears to increase the risk of stomach cancer by 52 percent and esophageal cancer by 43 percent.People who lost two or more teeth also had an increased risk of cancer, with stomach and throat cancers increasing by 33 percent and 42 percent, respectively, compared to those who didn't lose their teeth, the study said.the study's author, Harvard T.H. Mingyang Song, assistant professor of clinical epidemiology and nutrition at the Chan School of Public Health, said: "People with periodontal disease and more tooth loss have a higher risk of both gastrointestinal cancers, even after adjusting other major risk factors. "If these findings are confirmed, then they should be taken seriously,".According to the results of the fourth national oral health epidemiology survey, china's middle-aged people periodontal health is worrying: 35-44-year-old residents, the oral dental stone detection rate is 96.7%, male higher than female;in the study, researchers analyzed the relationship between the history of periodontal disease and the risk of tooth loss and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma in 98,459 women and 49,685 men from the Follow-up Study of Health Professionals (1988-2016).recorded 199 cases of esophageal adenocarcinoma and 238 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma during their 22- to 28-year follow-up.study showed that, overall, people with a history of gum disease had a 59 percent increased risk of throat cancer compared to those who had never had periodontal disease, with or without dental loss.have some differences in stomach cancer: people with gum disease who don't lose their teeth have a 50 percent increased risk of developing stomach cancer, while those who lose one or more teeth have a 68 percent increased risk of developing stomach cancer. "Of course, the mouth, esophagus and stomach are all connected," said Peter Campbell, director of epidemiology at theAmerican Cancer Society.they are an important part of the digestive system.it is not surprising that disease markers appear in one organ associated with another disease, such as cancer.", Song said, that inflammation caused by gum disease may be a factor in increasing the risk of cancer. "Patients with periodontal disease tend to have higher systemic inflammation, which is one of the potential mechanisms of cancer development,"explained." researchers point out that poor oral health can also promote the growth of bacteria in the mouth and gums, leading to cancer. "According to this and other similar studies, some of the bacteria and related pathogens that appear to cause tooth loss and gum disease are also associated with stomach and esophagus tumors,"Campbell said. " Song added that in the study, the risk of cancer associated with gum disease was not related to smoking, meaning smokers with poor oral health were at higher risk of gastrointestinal cancer. Song and Campbell argue that the longer the gum health deteriorates, the greater the risk of cancer. "The longer periodontal disease lasts, the higher the risk of developing these cancers, which seems reasonable," Campbell said. part of the correlation may be due to age alone, aging itself is a powerful risk factor, but we tend to be able to explain it better. "So if you have a history of gums and want to reduce your potential cancer risk, Campbell recommends going to the dentist regularly, taking good care of your oral health, understanding the signs and symptoms of cancer, and getting age-appropriate cancer screening." researchers are calling for more research, including clinical trials, on this possible cancer risk. .