Read me: Article The gut microbiota and host health: A new clinical frontier
Questions to consider: (1) Do we find evidence of certain bacteria overpopulating/underpopulating in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer? Are they inhibiting or contributing to cancer cell proliferation and growth? How would we measure that?
- "Intestinal microbiota and colorectal cancer: a new aspect of research" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30512251
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(2) "It is now recognized that the gut microbiota and chronic liver diseases are closely linked." Would we find evidence of liver dysfunction/malfunction in those diagnosed with colorectal cancer? ( Quote from paragraph entitled "Liver disease and the gut microbiota" inArticle The gut microbiota and host health: A new clinical frontier
.)(3) If the 3 ‘P's’ for gut health are probiotics, prebiotics and polyphenols, then what effect, if any, would a SIGNFICANT increase in one of these have on a colorectal cancer patient's length of survival?
It is a very interesting study with great difficulty to perform and you must include as much patients as possible in order to get clear findings
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