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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Bacteria and Carcinogenesis and the Management of Cancer: A Narrative Review.

Paulina Plewa, Kajetan Kiełbowski, Oliwia Mentel, Karolina Figiel, Estera Bakinowska, Rafał Becht, Bolesław Banach, Andrzej Pawlik

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In one paragraph

Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Engineering Bacteria as Living Therapeutics in Cancer Therapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 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

8 authors.

Paulina PlewaDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0009-0008-6821-0086
Kajetan KiełbowskiDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8227-6753
Oliwia MentelDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Karolina FigielDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Estera BakinowskaDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Rafał BechtDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Chemotherapy and Cancer Immunotherapy, Pomeranian Medical University, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland.
Bolesław BanachDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Andrzej PawlikDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6557-1208

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a widely known relationship between certain microbes and cancer progression. For instance,

Indexed as

BacteriaCarcinogenesisNeoplasmsAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHelicobacter pyloriHumansTumor Microenvironmentbacteriacancerimmunotherapymicrobiometumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40430828
PMCPMC12114594

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Registered trials

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