Unhealthy Gut Helps Breast Cancer Spread, Research Reveals
An unhealthy gut triggers changes in normal breast tissue that helps breast cancer spread to other parts of the body, new research from UVA Cancer Center reveals. The gut microbiome – the collection of microbes that naturally live inside us – can be disrupted by poor...
Chronic liver disease enables gut Enterococcus faecalis colonization to promote liver carcinogenesis
Gut dysbiosis is observed in chronic hepatobiliary diseases and is frequently associated with liver carcinogenesis; however, the extent and specific mechanisms triggered by alterations in the microbiota mediating tumorigenesis in these patients remain unclear. Here we...
Gut Bacteria may Fuel prostate Cancer Treatment Resistance
A mainstay of treatment for prostate cancer is to deprive it of androgens, the hormones that make it grow. The testes are the main source of these hormones, so treatment can consist of either surgical removal of these organs or use of drugs to block...
