POSTED: 4:07 pm MDT October 24, 2011
UPDATED: 4:33 pm MDT October 24, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Bacteria inside the mouth is offering clues to scientists about the detection of pancreatic cancer.Despite all the advances in cancer treatment, just 5 percent of patients with the disease are still alive five years after diagnosis. The problem is the disease has spread beyond the pancreas by the time that the patients show symptoms.KOAT medical expert Dr. Barry Ramo said changes in the bacteria in the mouth can lead to gum disease and inflation the body. Now, researchers at UCLA?S Pancreas Center are looking to mouth for cancer clues.Researchers found that the bacteria in the saliva of pancreatic cancer patients differentiated from that of normal individuals. The cancer patients? saliva was also different from the saliva of patients afflicted with other pancreas diseases.Ramo said this early finding could not tell us whether the bacteria change was a cause of the cancer or merely a marker. It also couldn?t determine if the bacteria came before or after the cancer was present.Ramo said that doctors are a long way from a screening test, but the data adds another piece to the equation.
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