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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2026

Shaping postoperative outcomes: microbiota-modifying dietary fiber interventions in colorectal cancer treatment.

Claire McCartney, Roy Hajjar, Manuela M Santos

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Claire McCartneyNutrition and Microbiome Laboratory, Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Roy HajjarDigestive Surgery Service, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Manuela M SantosNutrition and Microbiome Laboratory, Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota plays a key role in intestinal homeostasis by reinforcing the gut barrier and modulating inflammation. Gut barrier dysfunction or dysregulated inflammatory response in patients with colorectal cancer may lead to an increased risk of surgical complications associated with poor intestinal healing. Microbiota-modifying dietary interventions have the ability to shift microbial community structures and bacterial metabolite production, with profound implications for host health. This review focuses on the potential for short-term, preoperative, dietary fiber interventions in improving colorectal cancer surgical and oncological outcomes. Additionally, this review highlights important considerations for the optimization and personalization of dietary fiber interventions, notably individual- and fiber-specific microbiota responses.

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colorectal cancercolorectal surgerydietary fibergut barriergut microbiotainflammationprebiotics

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PMID42422752
PMCPMC13342151

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