Patients with colorectal cancer have identical strains of Fusobacterium nucleatum in their colorectal cancer and oral cavity

Gut. 2019 Jul;68(7):1335-1337. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316661. Epub 2018 Jun 22.

Authors

Yasuhiko Komiya^{1

2}, Yumi Shimomura³, Takuma Higurashi¹, Yutaka Sugi³, Jun Arimoto¹, Shotaro Umezawa¹, Shiori Uchiyama¹, Mitsuharu Matsumoto³, Atsushi Nakajima¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
² Gastroenterology, Yokosuka General Hospital Uwamachi, Yokosuka, Japan.
³ Dairy Science and Technology Institute, Kyodo Milk Industry Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: colorectal cancer; intestinal bacteria.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Colorectal Neoplasms*
Fusobacterium nucleatum
Humans
Microbiota*
Mouth