Thursday, March 16, 2017

Liver Cancer May Have Own Microbial Signature

MARCH 16, 2017
Liver Cancer May Have Own Microbial Signature

People with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a distinct “cancer-prone microbiome” that increases inflammation and may predispose them to liver cancer, researchers in Japan have reported.

Data presented at Japan Digestive Disease Week 2016 (abstract IP-31_H) showed that patients with HCC have increased populations of eight bacterial taxa and increased metabolic activity in two pathways that have been linked to inflammation.

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