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Your Gut Bacteria May Reveal How Cancer Treatment Will Affect You

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Your Gut Bacteria May Reveal How Cancer Treatment Will Affect You
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Gut bacteria may hold clues to cancer survival and chemotherapy side effects before treatment even begins. A tumor can produce large amounts of lactate, a molecule that some gut bacteria consume as food. Mayo Clinic researchers found higher levels of both lactate and one of those bacteria, Veillonella parvula, in adults diagnosed with colorectal cancer [...]

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