Risk of cancer is 14% higher in people with periodontal disease history than those who didn’t have this disease and the increase persisted among never smokers, stated Dominique Michaud, lead researcher and a cancer epidemiologist at Imperial College London, U. K.

According to some experts, an increased amount of inflammatory markers circulate in the blood of People who have gum infections and this inflammation is associated to cancer. However, it is still unclear whether an exact link between gum disease and cancer exists or not.

This new finding is needed to be examined in other populations mainly among women but these finding have confirmed that oral health at least some impact on the risk of cancer, Michaud stated

“It this association is supported by other data, it will have propositions for avoidance and it may offer some new hints on the character of the immune function in cancer development” Michaud further added.

The report is going to be published in the June issue of The Lancet Oncology. Data from more than 48,000 American men who took part in the Health Professionals Follow-up study that entered health professional aged 40 to 75 were collected in that study.

During the follow up of an average 17.7 years almost 5720 cases of cancer were reported. Non-aggressive prostate cancer and non-melanoma skin cancer were not included these cases. Michaud and co researcher found the most common reported cancers were melanoma, colorectal, lung, bladder and advanced prostate cancers.

After considering other risk factors like smoking and diet the researchers noted that men with gum disease history had a 14% higher risk to develop cancer if compared with men without that disease history.

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