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Associations of fecal microbial profiles with breast cancer and nonmalignant breast disease in the Ghana Breast Health Study
18 Jan 2021
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Abstract The gut microbiota may play a role in breast cancer etiology by regulating hormonal, metabolic and immunologic pathways. We investigated associations of fecal bacteria with breast cancer and nonmalignant breast disease in a case‐control study conducted in Ghana, a country with rising breast cancer incidence and mortality. To do this, we sequenced the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene to characterize...
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