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The human oral microbiome and risk of colorectal cancer within three prospective cohort studies in the United States

  1. Author:
    Vogtmann, Emily [ORCID]
    Yano, Yukiko
    Zouiouich, Semi
    Hua,Xing
    Wan, Yunhu
    Purandare, Vaishnavi
    Li, Shilan
    Dagnall,Casey
    Jones, Kristine
    Hicks,Belynda
    Hutchinson,Amy
    Caporaso, J Gregory
    Wheeler, William
    Huang, Wen-Yi [ORCID]
    Freedman, Neal D
    Sandler, Dale P [ORCID]
    Beane Freeman, Laura E
    Liao, Linda M
    Gail, Mitchell H
    Shi, Jianxin
    Abnet, Christian C
    Sinha, Rashmi

  2. Author Address

    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research/Leidos Biomedical Research Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, USA., Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Center for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA., Information Management Services Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA., Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA., Chronic Disease Epidemiology Group, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.,
    1. Year: 2025
    2. Date: Mar 15
  2. Journal: Cancer
    1. 131
    2. 6
    3. Pages: e35802
  4. Type of Article: Article
  5. Article Number: e35802
  1. Abstract:

    Oral microbes detected in feces have been associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) in cross-sectional studies. This study investigated the prospective associations between the oral microbiome and incident CRC in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS), National Institutes of Health-AARP (NIH-AARP) Diet and Health Study, and Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Individuals with oral samples collected before incident CRC diagnoses were identified in the AHS (N = 331), NIH-AARP (N = 249), and PLCO (N = 446) and compared with referent subcohorts (N = 3431). The V4 region of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene was sequenced from oral wash DNA, and the data were processed with QIIME2. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for overall CRC and by anatomic subsite (i.e., proximal colon, distal colon, and rectum) were estimated with Cox proportional hazards models with adjustment for potential confounders by cohort and then meta-analyzed. Overall, no associations were found between microbial characteristics and CRC risk. However, associations were observed with alpha and beta diversity indices and individual genera in analyses stratified by anatomic subsite. For instance, the presence of Olsenella was strongly positively associated with distal colon cancer risk (HR, 2.16; 95% CI, 1.59-2.95), whereas the presence of Prevotella 2 was positively associated with rectal cancer risk (HR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.14-2.46). This large study of the prospective association between the oral microbiome and CRC risk showed numerous site-specific associations, including multiple associations with distal colon and rectal cancer risk. © 2025 The Author(s). Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Cancer Society.

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  2. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35802
  3. PMID: 40069139
  4. PMCID: PMC11896928

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