The microbiome and cancer

Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

Hanahan, D., & Weinberg, R. A. (2011) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.013 · Cited by 66,590

An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest

Turnbaugh, P. J., Ley, R. E., Mahowald, M. A., Magrini, V., Mardis, E. R., & Gordon, J. I. (2006) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature05414 · Cited by 12,444

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

The Human Microbiome Project Consortium (2012) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature11234 · Cited by 11,726

Immunity, Inflammation, and Cancer

Grivennikov, S. I., Greten, F. R., & Karin, M. (2010) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.01.025 · Cited by 10,755

Human gut microbes associated with obesity

Ley, R. E., Turnbaugh, P. J., Klein, S., & Gordon, J. I. (2006) · Nature · doi:10.1038/4441022a · Cited by 8,785

Diversity of the Human Intestinal Microbial Flora

Eckburg, P. B., Bik, E. M., Bernstein, C. N., Purdom, E., Dethlefsen, L., Sargent, M., Gill, S. R., Nelson, K. E., & Relman, D. A. (2005) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1110591 · Cited by 7,913

Inflammation and cancer: back to Virchow?

Balkwill, F., & Mantovani, A. (2001) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)04046-0 · Cited by 7,746

Obesity alters gut microbial ecology

Ley, R. E., Bäckhed, F., Turnbaugh, P., Lozupone, C. A., Knight, R. D., & Gordon, J. I. (2005) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0504978102 · Cited by 6,176

Host-Bacterial Mutualism in the Human Intestine

Bäckhed, F., Ley, R. E., Sonnenburg, J. L., Peterson, D. A., & Gordon, J. I. (2005) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1104816 · Cited by 5,277

Metagenomic Analysis of the Human Distal Gut Microbiome

Gill, S. R., Pop, M., DeBoy, R. T., Eckburg, P. B., Turnbaugh, P. J., Samuel, B. S., Gordon, J. I., Relman, D. A., Fraser-Liggett, C. M., & Nelson, K. E. (2006) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1124234 · Cited by 4,699

Nutrition in cancer patients with cachexia: A role for the gut microbiota?

Bindels, L. B., & Thissen, J.-P. (2015) · Clinical Nutrition Experimental · doi:10.1016/j.yclnex.2015.11.001 · Cited by 25

HIV, Cancer, and the Microbiota: Common Pathways Influencing Different Diseases

Herrera, S., Martínez‐Sanz, J., & Villar, S. S. (2019) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2019.01466 · Cited by 25

Minor C allele of the SNP rs7873784 associated with rheumatoid arthritis and type-2 diabetes mellitus binds PU.1 and enhances TLR4 expression.

Korneev, K. V., Sviriaeva, E. N., Mitkin, N. A., Gorbacheva, A. M., Uvarova, A. N., Ustiugova, A. S., Polanovsky, O. L., Kulakovskiy, I. V., Afanasyeva, M. A., Schwartz, A. M., et al. (2019) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.165626 · Cited by 25

Cancer and the Microbiome of the Human Body

Herrera‐Quintana, L., Vázquez‐Lorente, H., López-Garzón, M., Cortés‐Martín, A., & Plaza‐Díaz, J. (2024) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu16162790 · Cited by 25

Putative Role of Circulating Human Papillomavirus DNA in the Development of Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Middle Rectum: A Case Report

Ambrosio, M. R., Vernillo, R., Carolis, S. D., Carducci, A., Mundo, L., Ginori, A., Rocca, B. J., Nardone, V., Fei, A. L., Carfagno, T., et al. (2019) · Frontiers in Oncology · doi:10.3389/fonc.2019.00093 · Cited by 24

An Experimental Approach to Rigorously Assess Paneth Cell α-Defensin (Defa) mRNA Expression in C57BL/6 Mice

Castillo, P. A., Nonnecke, E. B., Ossorio, D. T., Tran, M. T. N., Goley, S. M., Lönnerdal, B. L., Underwood, M. A., & Bevins, C. L. (2019) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49471-9 · Cited by 26

Molecular and Immune Biomarkers for Cutaneous Melanoma: Current Status and Future Prospects

Pilla, L., Alberti, A., di Mauro, P., Gemelli, M. T., Cogliati, V., Cazzaniga, M. E., Bidoli, P., & Maccalli, C. (2020) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers12113456 · Cited by 24

Impact of Appendectomy on Gut Microbiota

Бабаханов, А. Т., ДЖУМАБЕКОВ, А. Т., Zhao, A., Kuandykov, Y., Tanabayeva, S. B., Fakhradiyev, I. R., Nazarenko, Y., & Saliev, T. M. (2021) · Surgical Infections · doi:10.1089/sur.2020.422 · Cited by 26

Implications of Gut Microbiota in Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Progression: A Concise Review

Gupta, I., Pedersen, S., Vranić, S., & Moustafa, A. A. (2022) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers14122964 · Cited by 25

microbioTA: an atlas of the microbiome in multiple disease tissues of Homo sapiens and Mus musculus

Wang, P., Zhang, S., He, G., Du, M., Qi, C., Liu, R., Zhang, S., Cheng, L., Shi, L., & Zhang, X. (2022) · Nucleic Acids Research · doi:10.1093/nar/gkac851 · Cited by 24

Intratumor microbiota: a novel tumor component

Gong, Y., Huang, X., Wang, M., & Liang, X. (2023) · Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1007/s00432-023-04576-7 · Cited by 26

How Can the Microbiome Induce Carcinogenesis and Modulate Drug Resistance in Cancer Therapy?

Mendes, I., & Vale, N. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms241411855 · Cited by 24

Opportunities for Cancer Prevention During Midlife

Holman, D. M., Grossman, M., Henley, S. J., Peipins, L. A., Tison, L. I., & White, M. C. (2014) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2013.10.030 · Cited by 24

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides as Adjuvants for Clinical Use

Shirota, H., & Klinman, D. M. (2017) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-804019-5.00009-8 · Cited by 24

Clinical Implications of the Associations Between Intestinal Microbiome and Colorectal Cancer Progression

Chen, Y., Yang, Y., & Gu, J. (2020) · Cancer Management and Research · doi:10.2147/cmar.s240108 · Cited by 24

Microbial and Metabolic Gut Profiling across Seven Malignancies Identifies Fecal Faecalibacillus intestinalis and Formic Acid as Commonly Altered in Cancer Patients

Kulecka, M., Czarnowski, P., Bałabas, A., Turkot, M. H., Kruczkowska‐Tarantowicz, K., Żeber‐Lubecka, N., Dąbrowska, M., Paszkiewicz‐Kozik, E., Walewski, J. A., Lugowska, I. A., et al. (2024) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms25158026 · Cited by 24

Interaction of Gut Microbiome and Host microRNAs with the Occurrence of Colorectal and Breast Cancer and Their Impact on Patient Immunity

Silva, S. D., Tennekoon, K. H., & Karunanayake, E. H. (2021) · OncoTargets and Therapy · doi:10.2147/ott.s329383 · Cited by 23

The effect of probiotics supplementation in postoperative cancer patients: a prospective pilot study

Kwon, H., Chae, S. H., Jung, H. J., Shin, H., Ban, O., Yang, J., Kim, J. H., Jeong, J. E., Jeon, H. M., Kang, Y. W., et al. (2021) · Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research · doi:10.4174/astr.2021.101.5.281 · Cited by 23

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Immunological Tolerance in Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells

Mbongue, J. C., Vanterpool, E., Firek, A. F., & Langridge, W. H. R. (2022) · Immuno · doi:10.3390/immuno2030030 · Cited by 26

Reproducible and opposing gut microbiome signatures distinguish autoimmune diseases and cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Islam, M. Z., Tran, M. A., Xu, T., Tierney, B. T., Patel, C. J., & Kostic, A. D. (2022) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/s40168-022-01373-1 · Cited by 23

The human microbiome: A promising target for lung cancer treatment

Sun, Y. H., Wen, M., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Jing, P., Gu, Z., Jiang, T., & Wang, W. (2023) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1091165 · Cited by 24

Therapeutic and immunomodulatory role of probiotics in breast cancer: A mechanistic review

Summer, M., Ali, S., Fiaz, U., Tahir, H. M., Ijaz, M. U., Mumtaz, S., Mushtaq, R., Khan, R., Shahzad, H., & Fiaz, H. (2023) · Archives of Microbiology · doi:10.1007/s00203-023-03632-7 · Cited by 23

BugSigDB captures patterns of differential abundance across a broad range of host-associated microbial signatures

Geistlinger, L., Mirzayi, C. A., Zohra, F., Azhar, R., Elsafoury, S., Grieve, C., Wokaty, J., Gamboa-Tuz, S. D., Sengupta, P., Hecht, I., et al. (2023) · Nature Biotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41587-023-01872-y · Cited by 23

A graph neural network approach for predicting drug susceptibility in the human microbiome

Maryam, M., Rehman, M. U., Hussain, I., Tayara, H., & Chong, K. T. (2024) · Computers in Biology and Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108729 · Cited by 24

Synbiotic preparation with Lactic acid bacteria and inulin as a functional food: In vivo evaluation of microbial activities, and preneoplastic aberrant crypt foci

Chaiyasut, C., Pattananandecha, T., Sirilun, S., Suwannalert, P., Peerajan, S., & Sivamaruthi, B. S. (2016) · Food Science and Technology · doi:10.1590/1678-457x.26216 · Cited by 23

Microbial carcinogenic toxins and dietary anti-cancer protectants

Stone, T. W., & Darlington, L. G. (2017) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s00018-017-2487-z · Cited by 23

Can intestinal microbiota be associated with non-intestinal cancers?

Jacqueline, C. M., Brazier, L., Faugère, D., Renaud, F., Frédéric Thomas, A., & Roche, B. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11644-9 · Cited by 23

The role of adjuvant probiotics to attenuate intestinal inflammatory responses due to cancer treatments

Thomsen, M., Clarke, S. J., & Vitetta, L. (2018) · Beneficial Microbes · doi:10.3920/bm2017.0172 · Cited by 23

Histopathological Features and Composition of Gut Microbiota in Rhesus Monkey of Alcoholic Liver Disease

Wang, H., Yan, Y., Yi, X., Duan, Y., Wang, J., Li, S., Luo, L., Huang, T., Inglis, B. M., Li, X., et al. (2019) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00165 · Cited by 23

Free-Flow Isoelectric Focusing for Comprehensive Separation and Analysis of Human Salivary Microbiome for Lung Cancer

Jiang, X., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., Ji, Y., Sohail, A., Cao, C., Wang, P., & Xiao, H. (2020) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02627 · Cited by 23

Spot-light on microbiota in obesity and cancer

Marzullo, P., Bettini, S., Menafra, D., Aprano, S., Muscogiuri, G., Barrea, L., Savastano, S., Colao, A., Colao, A., Savastano, S., et al. (2021) · International Journal of Obesity · doi:10.1038/s41366-021-00866-7 · Cited by 23

Emerging Complexity in CD4+T Lineage Programming and Its Implications in Colorectal Cancer

Ditoro, D. F., & Basu, R. (2021) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.694833 · Cited by 23

Remodelling of colorectal cancer cell signalling by microbiota and immunity in diabetes

Gutiérrez‐Salmerón, M. T., Lucena, S. R., Chocarro‐Calvo, A., García-Martínez, J. M., Orozco, R. M. M., & García‐Jiménez, C. (2021) · Endocrine Related Cancer · doi:10.1530/erc-20-0315 · Cited by 22

The Role of Microbial Factors in Prostate Cancer Development—An Up-to-Date Review

Garbas, K., Zapała, P., Zapała, Ł., & Radziszewski, P. (2021) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm10204772 · Cited by 22

Metataxonomic and Metabolic Impact of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation From Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Into Germ-Free Mice: A Pilot Study

Genton, L., Lazarević, V., Stojanović, O., Spiljar, M., Djaafar, S., Koessler, T., Dutoit, V., Gaïa, N., Mareschal, J., Macpherson, A. J., et al. (2021) · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fcimb.2021.752889 · Cited by 25

The Female Reproductive Tract Microbiome and Cancerogenesis: A Review Story of Bacteria, Hormones, and Disease

Trifanescu, O. G., Trifanescu, R. A., Mitrica, R. I., Bran, D. M., Serbanescu, L. G., Valcauan, L., Marinescu, Ș. A., Gales, L. N., Tănase, B. C., & Anghel, R. M. (2023) · Diagnostics · doi:10.3390/diagnostics13050877 · Cited by 25

Early-Onset GI Cancers: Rising Trends, Genetic Risks, Novel Strategies, and Special Considerations

Harrold, E., Latham, A. J., Pemmaraju, N., & Lieu, C. H. (2023) · American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book · doi:10.1200/edbk_398068 · Cited by 22

Associations of the gut, cervical, and vaginal microbiota with cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Qin, W., Wang, S., Min, Y., Liu, X., Fang, J., Lang, J., & Chen, M. (2025) · BMC Women s Health · doi:10.1186/s12905-025-03599-1 · Cited by 23

Moraxella catarrhalis decreases antiviral innate immune responses by down‐regulation of TLR3 via inhibition of p53 in human bronchial epithelial cells

Heinrich, A., Haarmann, H., Zahradnik, S., Frenzel, K., Schreiber, F., Klassert, T. E., Heyl, K. A., Endres, A., Schmidtke, M., Hofmann, J., et al. (2016) · The FASEB Journal · doi:10.1096/fj.201500172r · Cited by 23

Gnotobiotic mouse model’s contribution to understanding host–pathogen interactions

Kubelková, K., Benuchova, M., Kozáková, H., Šinkora, M., Kročová, Z., Pejchal, J., & Macela, A. (2016) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s00018-016-2341-8 · Cited by 22

Omics for Understanding the Gut‐Liver‐Microbiome Axis and Precision Medicine

Khalsa, J. H., Duffy, L. C., Riscuta, G., Starke-Reed, P. E., & Hubbard, V. S. (2017) · Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development · doi:10.1002/cpdd.310 · Cited by 22

Cesarean Delivery and Risk of Infant Leukemia: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group

Marcotte, E. L., Richardson, M. R., Roesler, M. A., & Spector, L. G. (2018) · Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0778 · Cited by 22

Composition of fecal microbiota in low-set rectal cancer patients treated with FOLFOX

Li, J., Li, J., Lyu, N., Ma, Y., Liu, F., Feng, Y., Li, Y., Hou, Z., Song, X., Zhao, H.-C., et al. (2020) · Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease · doi:10.1177/2040622320904293 · Cited by 23

The Composition Alteration of Respiratory Microbiota in Lung Cancer

Zheng, X. E., Sun, X., Liu, Q., Huang, Y., & Yuan, Y. (2020) · Cancer Investigation · doi:10.1080/07357907.2020.1732405 · Cited by 23

Throat Microbial Community Structure and Functional Changes in Postsurgery Laryngeal Carcinoma Patients

Hsueh, C., Gong, H., Cong, N., Sun, J., Lau, H., Guo, Y., Huang, Q., Yuan, X., Zhang, M., Tao, L., et al. (2020) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.01849-20 · Cited by 22

Reframing Nutritional Microbiota Studies To Reflect an Inherent Metabolic Flexibility of the Human Gut: a Narrative Review Focusing on High-Fat Diets

Sholl, J., Mailing, L. J., & Wood, T. R. (2021) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.00579-21 · Cited by 23

Coculture with Low‐Dose SWCNT Attenuates Bacterial Invasion and Inflammation in Human Enterocyte‐like Caco‐2 Cells

Chen, H., Wang, B., Zhao, R., Gao, D., Guan, M., Zheng, L., Zhou, X., Chai, Z., Zhao, Y., & Feng, W. (2015) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.201500136 · Cited by 21

Effect of Streptococcus anginosus on biological response of tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells

Xu, Y., Jia, Y., Chen, L., Gao, J., & Yang, D. (2021) · BMC Oral Health · doi:10.1186/s12903-021-01505-3 · Cited by 21

An atlas of the tissue and blood metagenome in cancer reveals novel links between bacteria, viruses and cancer

Borchmann, S. (2021) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/s40168-021-01039-4 · Cited by 21

Cancer Microbiology

DiMaio, D., Emu, B., Goodman, A. L., Mothes, W., & Justice, A. C. (2021) · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · doi:10.1093/jnci/djab212 · Cited by 21

In situ imaging for tumor microbiome interactions via imaging mass cytometry on single‐cell level

Feng, Z., Hu, Y., Wang, X., Li, Y., Yu, Y., He, J., Li, H., Zhang, T., Zhang, L., Shen, G., et al. (2022) · Cytometry Part A · doi:10.1002/cyto.a.24550 · Cited by 21

The Microbiome’s Influence on Head and Neck Cancers

Dorobisz, K., Dorobisz, T. A., & Zatoński, T. (2023) · Current Oncology Reports · doi:10.1007/s11912-022-01352-7 · Cited by 21

Predicting potential microbe-disease associations with graph attention autoencoder, positive-unlabeled learning, and deep neural network

Peng, L., Huang, L., Tian, G., Wu, Y., Li, G., Cao, J., Wang, P., Li, Z., & Duan, L. (2023) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1244527 · Cited by 21

Microbiote intestinal et réponses aux thérapies anti-tumorales

Vétizou, M., Daillère, R., & Zitvogel, L. (2016) · médecine/sciences · doi:10.1051/medsci/20163211013 · Cited by 21

Human Intestinal Microbiota and Colorectal Cancer: Moving Beyond Associative Studies

Jobin, C. (2017) · Gastroenterology · doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2017.10.030 · Cited by 21

Current and future roles of mucins in cholangiocarcinoma—recent evidences for a possible interplay with bile acids

Danese, E., Ruzzenente, A., Montagnana, M., & Lievens, P. (2018) · Annals of Translational Medicine · doi:10.21037/atm.2018.07.16 · Cited by 22

A Comparison of Biopsy and Mucosal Swab Specimens for Examining the Microbiota of Upper Gastrointestinal Carcinoma

Liu, A.-Q., Vogtmann, E., Shao, D., Abnet, C. C., Dou, H.-Y., Yu, Q., Su, Z., Wei, W., & Chen, W. (2019) · Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-18-1210 · Cited by 21

Urinary Microbiome Evaluation in Patients Presenting with Hematuria with a Focus on Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

Moynihan, M. J., Sullivan, T., Provenzano, K., & Rieger‐Christ, K. (2019) · Research and Reports in Urology · doi:10.2147/rru.s233386 · Cited by 21

An ambient temperature collection and stabilization strategy for canine microbiota studies

Lin, C.-Y., Cross, T.-W., Doukhanine, E., & Swanson, K. S. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-70232-6 · Cited by 22

Chemopreventive Metabolites Are Correlated with a Change in Intestinal Microbiota Measured in A-T Mice and Decreased Carcinogenesis

Cheema, A. K., Maier, I., Dowdy, T., Wang, Y., Singh, R., Ruegger, P. M., Borneman, J., Fornace, A. J., & Schiestl, R. H. (2016) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151190 · Cited by 22

Methodological Strategies in Microbiome Research and their Explanatory Implications

O’Malley, M. A., & Skillings, D. (2018) · Perspectives on Science · doi:10.1162/posc_a_00274 · Cited by 22

More Arrows in the Ancient DNA Quiver: Use of Paleoepigenomes and Paleomicrobiomes to Investigate Animal Adaptation to Environment

Liu, Y., Weyrich, L. S., & Llamas, B. (2019) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/msz231 · Cited by 21

Nutrition and Cancer Risk from the Viewpoint of the Intestinal Microbiome

Tanaka, Y., Shimizu, S., Shirotani, M., Yorozu, K., Kitamura, K., Oehorumu, M., Kawai, Y., & Fukuzawa, Y. (2021) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu13103326 · Cited by 20

The Role of Gut Microbiota in Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers

Grochowska, M., Perlejewski, K., Laskus, T., & Radkowski, M. (2022) · Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis · doi:10.1007/s00005-021-00641-6 · Cited by 20

A 4-Week Diet Low or High in Advanced Glycation Endproducts Has Limited Impact on Gut Microbial Composition in Abdominally Obese Individuals: The deAGEing Trial

Linkens, A. M. A., van Best, N., Niessen, P., Wijckmans, N. E. G., de Goei, E. E. C., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., DONGEN, M. C. J. M. V., van Gool, C. J., de Vos, W. M., Houben, A. J. H. M., et al. (2022) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms23105328 · Cited by 20

Oral Microbiome in Nonsmoker Patients with Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Defined by Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing

Ganly, I., Hao, Y., Rosenthal, M. H., Wang, H., Migliacci, J. C., Huang, B., Katabi, N., Brown, S. M., Tang, Y., Pei, Z., et al. (2022) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers14246096 · Cited by 20

Microbiota-Derived Natural Products Targeting Cancer Stem Cells: Inside the Gut Pharma Factory

Artusa, V., Calabrone, L., Mortara, L., Peri, F., & Bruno, A. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms24054997 · Cited by 22

The cervical microbiota of Hispanics living in Puerto Rico is nonoptimal regardless of HPV status

Vargas-Robles, D., Romaguera, J., Alvarado-Vélez, I., Tosado-Rodríguez, E. L., Dominicci-Maura, A., Sánchez, M. M., Wiggin, K. J., Gilbert, J. A., Martínez‐Ferrer, M., Forney, L. J., et al. (2023) · mSystems · doi:10.1128/msystems.00357-23 · Cited by 20

The interplay of obesity, microbiome dynamics, and innovative anti-obesity strategies in the context of endometrial cancer progression and therapeutic approaches

Burkett, W. C., Clontz, A. D., Keku, T. O., & Bae-Jump, V. L. (2023) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer · doi:10.1016/j.bbcan.2023.189000 · Cited by 23

The microbiome: a link between obesity and breast cancer risk

Gaber, M. K., Arnone, A. A., Vidi, P., & Cook, K. L. (2024) · Frontiers in Microbiomes · doi:10.3389/frmbi.2024.1394719 · Cited by 21

Autoimmune diseases and immunosuppressive therapy in relation to the risk of glioma

Haedenkamp, T. M., Leitzmann, M. F., Linker, R. A., Meier, C. R., Becker, C., Jick, S. S., Sahm, K., Platten, M., Hau, P., & Seliger, C. (2019) · Cancer Medicine · doi:10.1002/cam4.2767 · Cited by 20

Discovering microbe-disease associations from the literature using a hierarchical long short-term memory network and an ensemble parser model

Park, Y., Lee, J., Moon, H., Choi, Y. S., & Rho, M. (2021) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-021-83966-8 · Cited by 20

Characterization of the consensus mucosal microbiome of colorectal cancer

Zhao, L., Grimes, S. M., Greer, S., Kubit, M. A., Lee, H., Nadauld, L. D., & Ji, H. P. (2021) · NAR Cancer · doi:10.1093/narcan/zcab049 · Cited by 20

Mobile elements and viral integrations prompt considerations for bacterial DNA integration as a novel carcinogen

Robinson, K. M., & Hotopp, J. C. D. (2014) · Cancer Letters · doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2014.05.021 · Cited by 20

Agaro-oligosaccharides: a new frontier in the fight against colon cancer?

Bhattarai, Y., & Kashyap, P. (2016) · American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00049.2016 · Cited by 20

Pancreatic Cancer Meets Human Microbiota: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Arsenijevic, T., Nicolle, R., Bouchart, C., D’Haene, N., Demetter, P., Puleo, F., & Laethem, J. V. (2021) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers13061231 · Cited by 19

Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Promotes Tumor Cell Proliferation in Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma

Mempin, M., Hu, H., Vickery, K., Kadin, M. E., Prince, H. M., KOUTTAB, N. M., Morgan, J. W., Adams, W. P., & Deva, A. K. (2021) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers13215298 · Cited by 19

Effects of combined OncoTherad immunotherapy and probiotic supplementation on modulating the chronic inflammatory process in colorectal carcinogenesis

Reis, S. K., Socca, E. A. R., de Souza, B. R., Genaro, S. C., Durán, N., & Fávaro, W. J. (2022) · Tissue and Cell · doi:10.1016/j.tice.2022.101747 · Cited by 20

Gut microbiome can predict chemoradiotherapy efficacy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Sasaki, T., Matsumoto, Y., Murakami, K., Endo, S., Toyozumi, T., Otsuka, R., Kinoshita, K., Hu, J. H., Iida, S., Morishita, H., et al. (2023) · Esophagus · doi:10.1007/s10388-023-01004-0 · Cited by 19

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