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How our gut bacteria affect cancer risk and response to treatment

  • Written by Hannah Rose Wardill, Postdoctoral research fellow, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
imageEach person's unique gut microbiota composition is in continuous communication with the immune system.from shutterstock.com

The trillions of bacteria living in our gut (called the gut microbiota) can help determine our risk of cancer, as well as how we might respond to cancer treatment.

Each person’s unique gut microbiota is in constant commun...

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