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Evening Standard
Jane Kirby

Mouth bacteria may increase pancreatic cancer risk threefold, experts say

Some 27 species of bacteria and fungi that live in people’s mouths may be linked to a 3.5 times increased risk of pancreatic cancer, researchers have said.

A new study led by NYU Langone Health, an academic medical centre and hospital in New York, looked at the hundreds of bacteria and fungi that reside in people’s mouths.

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