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Purpose <p>The microbiome of the saliva can be influenced by various factors, including systemic diseases and chemotherapy. Oral dysbiosis manifests as altered bacterial composition and abundance, which often correlates with increased local and systemic inflammation. The aim of the study was to investigate the dysbiosis in the saliva of breast cancer (BC) patients before and during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).</p> Methods <p>Saliva samples were collected from 50 breast cancer patients at three timepoints (before, during, and after NAC). Saliva from 10 healthy women was used as control samples. Full-length gene 16S rRNA sequencing and analysis were performed using the Microbiome Analyst platform, R and JADBIO AutomatedML platform to compare the abundances of bacterial taxa.</p> Results <p>Alpha and beta diversity measures differed between breast cancer patients and healthy controls. In addition, eight bacterial genera differed significantly between breast cancer patients and controls, including <i>Porphyromonas, Campylobacter, Oribacterium, Veillonella,</i> and <i>Alloprevotella</i>. Longitudinal analysis revealed significant decrease of bacterial diversity in the course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy as well as significant change in the prevalence of a few low-abundant genera.</p> Conclusions <p>The obtained results confirm BC-related and NAC-related dysbiosis in saliva, which emphasizes the potential of saliva as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in patients with breast cancer.</p>

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Disease- and chemotherapy-associated salivary microbiome changes in breast cancer patients

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年2月9日

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  • Elżbieta Kaja,
  • Joanna Grupińska,
  • Magdalena Budzyń,
  • Joanna Ciomborowska-Basheer,
  • Anita Szwed,
  • Izabela Makałowska,
  • Zacharias Papadovasilakis,
  • Dorota Formanowicz

摘要

Purpose

The microbiome of the saliva can be influenced by various factors, including systemic diseases and chemotherapy. Oral dysbiosis manifests as altered bacterial composition and abundance, which often correlates with increased local and systemic inflammation. The aim of the study was to investigate the dysbiosis in the saliva of breast cancer (BC) patients before and during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).

Methods

Saliva samples were collected from 50 breast cancer patients at three timepoints (before, during, and after NAC). Saliva from 10 healthy women was used as control samples. Full-length gene 16S rRNA sequencing and analysis were performed using the Microbiome Analyst platform, R and JADBIO AutomatedML platform to compare the abundances of bacterial taxa.

Results

Alpha and beta diversity measures differed between breast cancer patients and healthy controls. In addition, eight bacterial genera differed significantly between breast cancer patients and controls, including Porphyromonas, Campylobacter, Oribacterium, Veillonella, and Alloprevotella. Longitudinal analysis revealed significant decrease of bacterial diversity in the course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy as well as significant change in the prevalence of a few low-abundant genera.

Conclusions

The obtained results confirm BC-related and NAC-related dysbiosis in saliva, which emphasizes the potential of saliva as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in patients with breast cancer.