The salivary microbiota as a diagnostic indicator of oral cancer: a descriptive, non-randomized study of cancer-free and oral squamous cell carcinoma subjects

Study information

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study design

case-control

Citation

PMID PubMed identifier for scientific articles.

15987522

DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.

10.1186/1479-5876-3-27

URI

Authors

Mager DL, Haffajee AD, Devlin PM, Norris CM, Posner MR, Goodson JM

Journal

Journal of translational medicine

Year

2005

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present investigation was to determine if the salivary counts of 40 common oral bacteria in subjects with an oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) lesion would differ from those found in cancer-free (OSCC-free) controls. METHODS: Unstimulated saliva samples were collected from 229 OSCC-free and 45 OSCC subjects and evaluated for their content of 40 common oral bacteria using checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization. DNA counts per ml saliva were determined for each species, averaged across subjects in the 2 subject groups, and significance of differences between groups determined using the Mann-Whitney test and adjusted for multiple comparisons. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in detection of OSCC by levels of salivary organisms were computed and comparisons made separately between a non-matched group of 45 OSCC subjects and 229 controls and a group of 45 OSCC subjects and 45 controls matched by age, gender and smoking history. RESULTS: Counts of 3 of the 40 species tested, Capnocytophaga gingivalis, Prevotella melaninogenica and Streptococcus mitis, were elevated in the saliva of individuals with OSCC (p < 0.001). When tested as diagnostic markers the 3 species were found to predict 80% of cancer cases (sensitivity) while excluding 83% of controls (specificity) in the non-matched group. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in the matched group were 80% and 82% respectively. CONCLUSION: High salivary counts of C. gingivalis, P. melaninogenica and S. mitis may be diagnostic indicators of OSCC.

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Subjects

Location of subjects: United States of America

Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.: Homo sapiens

Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology: Saliva Sailva normalis,Saliva atomaris,Saliva molecularis,Salivary gland secretion,Saliva,saliva

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology: Oral squamous cell carcinoma mouth scc,mouth squamous cell carcinoma,OCSC,oral cavity scc,oral cavity squamous cell cancer,oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma,oral squamous cell carcinoma,scc of mouth,scc of oral cavity,scc of the mouth,scc of the oral cavity,squamous cell carcinoma of mouth,squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity,squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth,squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity,Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies: Controls

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies: oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group: disgnosed oral squamous cell carcinoma via biopsy, age 18 years or older and immunocompetent

Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group: 229

Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group: 45

Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any): 3 months

Lab analysis

16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene: Not specified

Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance: DNA-DNA Hybridization

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test: Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon)

Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any): 0.001

MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?: Yes

Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study: age, sex, smoking behavior

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Description: Relative abundance of oral microbiome in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients and controls

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)

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Prevotella melaninogenica
Capnocytophaga gingivalis
Streptococcus mitis
Capnocytophaga ochracea

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Description: Relative abundance of oral microbiome in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients and controls

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)

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Leptotrichia buccalis
Lachnoanaerobaculum saburreum

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