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Table 2 Changes in the oral microbiome associated with pancreatic cancer

From: The oral microbiome, pancreatic cancer and human diversity in the age of precision medicine

Author (year)

Participants (n)

Study Type

Findings

Location

Fan et al. (2018) [36]

361 PC and 371 matched controls

Prospective cohort study

P.gingivalis and A. actinomycetemcomitans are associated with PC.

Phylum Fusobacteria and genus Leptotrichia are associated with decreased PC risk.

United States

Michaud et al. (2013) [37]

405 PC and 416 matched controls

Prospective cohort study

Antibodies to P. gingivalis increased PC risk twofold, specifically to strain ATCC 53978.

European Countries

Vogtmann et al. (2020) [38]

273 PC and 285 matched controls

Comparative Study

Enterobacteriaceae, Lachnospiraceae G7, Bacteroidaceae, or Staphylococcaceae were associated with PC.

Haemophilus decreased odds of PC.

Iran

Farrell et al. (2012) [39]

10 PC and 10 healthy controls

Validation: 28 PC, 27 chronic pancreatitis, 28 controls

Comparative study

N. elongata and S. mitis are decreased and G. adiacenis increased in PC.

G. adiacens and S. mitis are increased in PC when compared to chronic pancreatitis.

United States

Lin et al. (2013) [40]

12 PC, 3 pancreatitis, 12 healthy controls

Comparative study

Bacterioides genus are increased in PC.

Corynebacterium and Aggregatibacter are decreased in PC.

United States

Torres et al. (2015) [41]

108 PC, 78 “other diseases,” 22 healthy controls

Comparative Study

Increased ratio of Leptotrichia to Porphyromonas in PC.

No difference in S. mitis and G. adacians in PC.

United States

Wei et al. (2020) [42]

41 PC, 69 healthy controls

Comparative Study

Streptococcus and Leptotrichina increased in PC.

Veillonella and Neisseria increased in controls.

China

Olson et al. (2017) [43]

34 PC, 39 IPMN, 58 controls

Comparative Study

Increased proportion of Firmicutes phylum in PC.

United States