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The Oral Microbiome and Head and Neck Cancer: A Narrative Review.

Ewelina Golusińska-Kardach, Hariom Yadav, Shalini Jain, Michal M Masternak, Wojciech Golusiński

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ewelina Golusińska-KardachDepartment of Oral Surgery Periodontology and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9520-2670
Hariom YadavUSF Center for Microbiome Research, Microbiomes Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4504-1597
Shalini JainUSF Center for Microbiome Research, Microbiomes Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Michal M MasternakBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA.
Wojciech GolusińskiDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, a growing body of evidence points to a link between alterations in the oral microbiome and the development and progression of head and neck cancer (HNC). At present, however, this highly complex relationship is only partially understood. In this context, there is a clear need to characterise and differentiate microbial profiles in patients with and without HNC to identify risk factors, prognostic biomarkers, and potential therapeutic targets. In the present narrative review, we synthesize the current evidence on the role of oral dysbiosis in HNC, with a particular focus on potential biomarkers and novel treatment and prevention strategies.

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head and neck cancersmicrobiomeoncology

Identifiers

PMID40940833
PMCPMC12427417

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