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Compositional and functional changes in the salivary microbiota related to oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma: a case control study
19 Dec 2023
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BACKGROUND: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common malignant tumours with increasing incidence, and oral leukoplakia (OLK) has a strong tendency to undergo malignant transformation. The oral microbiota may influence oral cancer progression, but the salivary bacterial composition and functional changes in OSCC and OLK have not been comprehensively elucidated. Therefore, we compared salivary...
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