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This Common Bacterium Hiding in Your Mouth May Help Trigger Breast Cancer

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

By: Johns Hopkins From; scitechdaily.com A bacterium best known for causing gum disease may also influence how breast cancer begins and spreads. A team at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy reports that a mouth-dwelling bacterium tied to periodontal disease could help set breast cancer in motion and make it more aggressive. In …