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ReviewExploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy2025

Dysbiosis and colorectal cancer: conducive factors, biological and molecular role, and therapeutic prospectives.

Gurkaranjot Singh, Zuhair Chaudhry, Anik Boyadzhyan, Kayvan Sasaninia, Vikrant Rai

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Review in Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

5 authors.

Gurkaranjot SinghCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA.
Zuhair ChaudhryCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA.
Anik BoyadzhyanCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA.
Kayvan SasaniniaCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA.
Vikrant RaiCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6286-2341

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Emerging evidence highlights the significant role of gut microbiota dysbiosis, characterized by a reduction in beneficial bacteria and an increase in pro-inflammatory and pro-carcinogenic bacteria, in CRC pathogenesis. Both genetic and environmental factors, including diet, antibiotic use, physical activity, aging, and obesity, contribute to this microbial imbalance. Dysbiosis promotes chronic inflammation and immune dysregulation, which facilitates tumor initiation and progression. This review examines the intricate interactions between gut microbiota, immune modulation, and CRC development. It explores current and emerging therapeutic strategies that target the microbiome to enhance treatment efficacy, discusses interventions aimed at restoring healthy microbiota in CRC patients, and outlines future directions for microbiome-based therapies to improve clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

Colorectal cancerdysbiosisimmunomodulationinflammationintestinal microbiometherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID40585846
PMCPMC12203119

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