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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2025

Intratumoral microbiota: implications for cancer progression and treatment.

Zehang Xie, Zhenguo Wu, Yan Liu, Yu Gu, Jiahao Niu, Kun Lv

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. IntratumoralAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026
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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

6 authors.

Zehang XieCentral Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Zhenguo WuCentral Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Yan LiuCentral Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Yu GuCentral Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Jiahao NiuCentral Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Kun LvCentral Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human body has a diverse range of microbiota that influences human physiological processes and alters disease risk, involving cancer. Metagenomic sequencing investigations have revealed that the microbiota is an element of the tumor microenvironment, affecting tumor proliferation and responsiveness to current anticancer treatments. The notion of intratumoral microbiota was subsequently introduced. Intratumoral microorganisms have been identified in kinds of cancer, including pancreatic, colorectal, liver, esophageal, breast, and lung malignancies. Microbiota may inhabit tumor tissues by mucosal breakdown, neighboring tissue migration, and hematogenous spread, influencing the biological behavior of tumors as a significant component of tumor's microenvironment. The intratumoral microbiota may facilitate the onset and progression of malignancies through DNA mutations, activation of carcinogenic pathways, alteration of anticancer medication metabolism, and commencement of metastasis. This document is to present an overview of intratumoral microbiota, their prevalence and progression in cancer, their detection and therapy, and to evaluate the potential and limitations of research in this domain. We intend to generate ideas for investigating intratumoral microbiota as possible treatment targets and biomarkers for tumor assessment, prognosis, and detection.

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biomarkerdrug metabolismintratumoral microbiotatherapy for anticancertumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID40792257
PMCPMC12336131

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