Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38339427›Full record

ReviewCancers2024

The Impact of the Gut Microbiome, Environment, and Diet in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Development.

Rui Dai, Bridget N Kelly, Amarachi Ike, David Berger, Andrew Chan, David A Drew, David Ljungman, David Mutiibwa, Rocco Ricciardi, Gerald Tumusiime and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Optimal Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Rui DaiDepartment of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0606-1456
Bridget N KellyDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Amarachi IkeDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
David BergerHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Andrew ChanHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David A DrewHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8813-0816
David LjungmanSahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0419-1118
David MutiibwaDepartment of Surgery, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.
Rocco RicciardiHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Gerald TumusiimeSchool of Medicine, Uganda Christian University, Mukono P.O. Box 4, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0002-6824-5405
James C CusackHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1430-318X
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMbarara University of Science and Technology · UGSahlgrenska University Hospital · SEUganda Christian University · UG

Funding

Medical Scientist Training Program Training GrantT32GM145449 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Christopher D Kontos · 2022 to 2026
$6.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145449
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditionally considered a disease common in the older population, colorectal cancer is increasing in incidence among younger demographics. Evidence suggests that populational- and generational-level shifts in the composition of the human gut microbiome may be tied to the recent trends in gastrointestinal carcinogenesis. This review provides an overview of current research and putative mechanisms behind the rising incidence of colorectal cancer in the younger population, with insight into future interventions that may prevent or reverse the rate of early-onset colorectal carcinoma.

Indexed as

adenocarcinomabirth-cohort effectclinical translationdietearly-onset colorectal cancerenvironmental exposuresEOCRCgut microbiomeinflammationrisk factorsyoung onset

Identifiers

PMID38339427
PMCPMC10854951
OpenAlexW4391576327

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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