Can gut bacteria predict colon cancer?

The study suggests that the presence of a certain type
of bacteria called B. fragilis might push gut tissue toward
inflammation rather than protect from it.

CANCER DIGEST – Sept. 18, 2021 – Can the presence of certain types of bacteria in the gut predict the formation of colon polyps? That’s the question Dr. William De Paolo, at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle asks.

Extended antibiotics use linked to colon cancer

CANCER DIGEST – Sept. 7, 2021 – Researchers at Umea University in Sweden have found that both men and women who took antibiotics for over six months ran a 17 percent greater risk of developing cancer of the ascending or upper colon than similar patients who were not prescribed antibiotics. The study was published in the Sept. 1, 2021 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.