Bacteria Found in Mouth May Cause Colon Cancer

By Becky Lang
Aug 14, 2013 4:02 PMMay 21, 2019 6:00 PM
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A kind of bacteria commonly found in the mouth, which is often the culprit in gum disease, also spurs the formation of tumors in colon cancer, researchers report today.

Scientists had previously found that the level of Fusobacterium nucleatum in the gut was higher among people with colon cancer. That was noteworthy because fusobacteria aren’t one of the usual strains found in the healthy gut.

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