| Literature DB >> 25838377 |
Abstract
A host's microbiota may increase, diminish, or have no effect at all on cancer susceptibility. Assigning causal roles in cancer to specific microbes and microbiotas, unraveling host-microbiota interactions with environmental factors in carcinogenesis, and exploiting such knowledge for cancer diagnosis and treatment are areas of intensive interest. This Review considers how microbes and the microbiota may amplify or mitigate carcinogenesis, responsiveness to cancer therapeutics, and cancer-associated complications.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25838377 PMCID: PMC5535753 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa4972
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728