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Abdul Arif Khan1, Abhinav Shrivastava, Mohsin Khurshid
1Department of Microbiology, Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Gwalior, India. abdularifkhan@gmail.com
Abstract:
Microbial communities coexisting with humans are collectively known as microbiome. It influences almost every aspect of an individual's body function. Microbiome is idiosyncratic for body condition and its alteration is indicative for several abnormalities. This article discusses about recent ideas for developing microbiology based cancer indicators using alterations in microbiome. It is noteworthy that large exploratory studies are required to identify cancer indicator microorganisms from complex and diverse microbiome constituents. This complexity also warrants that these markers should be used in conjunction with other routine cancer indicators. The present article concludes that such studies can spur development of novel microbiome based cancer diagnostics.
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