Microbiota and cancer therapy

Abstract

The current article is a review of the most important, accessible, and relevant literature published between April 2018 and March 2019 on the gut microbiota and cancer therapy. The first part of the review focuses on literature describing changes in the gut microbiota in response to therapeutic interventions, including checkpoint inhibitors, radiotherapy, and microbial therapeutics whilst the subsequent section focuses on the mechanistic aspects of the process.

Keywords

• gut microbiota
• cancer therapy
• immune checkpoint inhibitors
• microbial manipulation
• radiation therapy.