Open AccessHematopoietic and lymphatic cancers in patients with periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Yan Wu,
Xinmiao Shi,
Y. Li,
Xinmiao Shi,
Yang Gu,
Qingqing Qian,
Hong Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.23166
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , relative risk , lymphatic system , confidence interval , oncology , population , pathology , environmental health
Numerous studies have explored the correlation of periodontal disease (PD) with risk of hematopoietic and lymphatic cancers, but the findings were inconsistent. Therefore, we did a meta-analysis to ascertain the correlation of PD with risk of incident hematopoietic and lymphatic cancers.