Causal relationship between gut microbiota and cancers: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study.

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BACKGROUND: Evidence from observational studies and clinical trials suggests that the gut microbiota is associated with cancer. However, the causal association between gut microbiota and cancer remains to be determined. METHODS: We first identified two sets of gut microbiota based on phylum, class, order, family, and genus level information, and cancer data were obtained from the IEU Open GWAS project. We then...

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