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Isolation of Proximal Fluids to Investigate the Tumor Microenvironment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Published on: November 5, 2020
The Tumor Microbiome in Pancreatic Cancer: Bacteria and Beyond
Florencia McAllister1, Md Abdul Wadud Khan2, Beth Helmink2
1Department of Cancer Prevention Department, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Abstract:
There is increasing appreciation of the microbial influence on cancer, with emerging evidence about the tumor microbiome and crosstalk with the gut microbiome. A great example of this is pancreatic cancer, in which intra-tumoral microbes such as bacteria and fungi have been shown to contribute to carcinogenesis and therapeutic responses, both positively and negatively.
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