Periodontal disease and risk of head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies

Many epidemiological studies have found a positive association of periodontal disease (PD) with risk of head and neck cancer (HNC), but the findings are varied or even contradictory. In this work, we performed a meta-analysis to ascertain the relationship between PD and HNC risk. We searched the Pub...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2013-10, Vol.8 (10), p.e79017-e79017
Hauptverfasser:	Zeng, Xian-Tao, Deng, Ai-Ping, Li, Cheng, Xia, Ling-Yun, Niu, Yu-Ming, Leng, Wei-Dong
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alcohol Cancer Confidence intervals Disease Epidemiology Gum disease Head & neck cancer Head and neck cancer Head and Neck Neoplasms - complications Head and Neck Neoplasms - epidemiology Health risk assessment Health risks Hospitals Humans Infections Inflammatory diseases Medicine Meta-analysis Minority & ethnic groups Observational studies Observational Studies as Topic Odds Ratio Oncology, Experimental Oral cancer Oral hygiene Periodontal disease Periodontal Diseases - complications Periodontal Diseases - epidemiology Periodontics Risk Factors Sensitivity analysis Sensitivity and Specificity Squamous cell carcinoma Studies Systematic review
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