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Modulation by Gut Microbiota
Studies have demonstrated that gut microbiota modifies the effect of chemotherapy (CT).
Badgeley et al. 2021 Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 1875(1): 188494

Gut microbiota modulates the activity, efficacy, and toxicity of several chemotherapy agents, such as:

Gemcitabine

Cyclophosphamide

Irinotecan

Cisplatin

Fluorouracil (5-FU)
Additionally, it affects [targeted therapies](brain://U…

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16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing reveals shift in patient faecal microbiota during high-dose chemotherapy as conditioning regimen for bone marrow transplantation
Montassier et al. 2014 Microb Ecol. 67(3): 690-699
Gut microbiome associated with the psychoneurological symptom cluster in patients with head and neck cancers
Bai et al. 2020a Cancers 12(9): 2531
Gut microbiota and cancer: how gut microbiota modulates activity, efficacy and toxicity of antitumoral therapy
Gori et al. 2019
Local bacteria affect the efficacy of chemotherapeutic drugs
Lehouritis et al. 2015 Sci. Rep. 5: 14554
Potential role of intratumor bacteria in mediating tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine
Geller et al. 2017 Science 357: 1156-60
Systematic review of agents for the management of gastrointestinal mucositis in cancer patients
Gibson et al. 2013
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The efficacy and safety of probiotics in people with cancer: a systematic review
Redman et al. 2014 Ann. Oncol. 25: 1919–1929
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