Altered bacterial flora and clinical course with intraoral cancer.
Nineteen consecutive patients with intraoral cancer were cultured and tested for cell-mediated immunity. They were then treated and followed for three years. The recurrence rate for those patients with normal flora was similar to that reported for dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) reactors; and the recurrence rate for those patients with abnormal microorganisms was similar to that reported for DNCB non-reactors.
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012882:Skin Tests
D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene