Your gut microbiome and cancer

The author of a study investigating what goes on in the gut microbiome of people who have and are being treated for cancer, says there are some surprising results.

They looked at whether or not there is an association with gut bacteria and several different types of cancers and what they found could lead to treatments that reduce the side effects of cancer treatments and potential links between some early onset cancers and the gut microbiome.

Guest/s

Dr Purna Kashyap, Professor of Medicine and Physiology at Mayo Clinic and the Bernard and Edith Waterman Director of the Microbiome Program

References

Cell: Microbiome signatures linked to cancer and treatment adverse events in a real-world cohort