Role of Oral Microbial Infections in Oral Cancer

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  • The role of bacterial and viral carcinogenesis in the oral cavity is becoming increasingly a subject of interest, as a means to provide more methods of cancer prevention.

  • There have been suggestions of relationships between bacteria and multiple strains of viruses in the progression of malignancy in some studies.

  • Cancer cause is closely related to the type of carcinogen, as well as the synergistic or additive actions of combined risk factors, the susceptibility of the host, and the duration of

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