Statistical normalization methods in microbiome data with application to microbiome cancer research

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Mounting evidence has shown that gut microbiome is associated with various cancers, including gastrointestinal (GI) tract and non-GI tract cancers. But microbiome data have unique characteristics and pose major challenges when using standard statistical methods causing results to be invalid or misleading. Thus, to analyze microbiome data, it not only needs appropriate statistical methods, but also requires...

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