Men with gum disease risk pancreatic cancer

Men with gum disease risk pancreatic cancer


The study, reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,
said men with periodontal disease had a 63 percent higher risk of
developing pancreatic cancer than men with healthy teeth and gums. And
men who lost teeth within the past four years were especially likely
to develop pancreatic cancer.

While the study does not definitively show gum disease causes cancer,
the researchers say the evidence is strong. They filtered out other
factors known to be linked with pancreatic cancer, such as smoking and
obesity.

"Most convincing was our finding that never-smokers (with gum disease)
had a two-fold increase in risk of pancreatic cancer," said Dominique
Michaud of the Harvard School of Public Health, who led the study.

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