Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications

T Ugai, N Sasamoto, HY Lee, M Ando… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past several decades, the incidence of early-onset cancers, often defined as
cancers diagnosed in adults< 50 years of age, in the breast, colorectum, endometrium …

Influence of foods and nutrition on the gut microbiome and implications for intestinal health

P Zhang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Food components in our diet provide not only necessary nutrients to our body but also
substrates for the mutualistic microbial flora in our gastrointestinal tract, termed the gut …

Rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer—A call to action

N Akimoto, T Ugai, R Zhong, T Hamada… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
The incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), which occurs in individuals< 50 years
of age, has been increasing worldwide and particularly in high-income countries. The …

Sexual dimorphism in colon cancer

M Abancens, V Bustos, H Harvey, J McBryan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A higher incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is found in males compared to females.
Young women (18–44 years) with CRC have a better survival outcome compared to men of …

Long-term risk of malignancy in branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms

H Oyama, M Tada, K Takagi, K Tateishi, T Hamada… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Long-term outcomes of patients with branch-duct intraductal papillary
mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), particularly those after 5 years of surveillance, have not been …

Role of the intestinal microbiome and microbial-derived metabolites in immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy of cancer

E Hayase, RR Jenq - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are monoclonal antibodies that block immune inhibitory
pathways. Administration of ICIs augments T cell-mediated immune responses against …

The NF-κB signaling pathway, the microbiota, and gastrointestinal tumorigenesis: recent advances

C Peng, Y Ouyang, N Lu, N Li - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, especially gastric cancer and colorectal cancer (CRC),
represent a major global health burden. A large population of microorganisms residing in …

Western-style diet, pks island-carrying Escherichia coli, and colorectal cancer: analyses from two large prospective cohort studies

K Arima, R Zhong, T Ugai, M Zhao, K Haruki, N Akimoto… - Gastroenterology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Evidence supports a carcinogenic role of Escherichia coli carrying the
pks island that encodes enzymes for colibactin biosynthesis. We hypothesized that the …

Heterogeneity in colorectal cancer: a challenge for personalized medicine?

C Molinari, G Marisi, A Passardi, L Matteucci… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
High inter-patient variability and high spatial heterogeneity are features of colorectal cancer
(CRC). This may influence the molecular characterization of tumor tissue, now mandatory for …

[HTML][HTML] Tumorigenic bacteria in colorectal cancer: mechanisms and treatments

S Li, J Liu, X Zheng, L Ren, Y Yang, W Li… - Cancer biology & …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common and the second most fatal cancer. In
recent years, more attention has been directed toward the role of gut microbiota in the …