A PILOT CASE-CONTROL STUDY: MICROBIOME ANALYSIS OF FECAL SAMPLES OF COLORECTALCANCER PATIENTS FROM CHILE AND ARGENTINA

• Published in: BAG. Journal of basic and applied genetics Vol. 32; p. 104
• Main Authors: Mayordomo, AC, Valladares, C Tapia, Wood, H, Young, C, Argüero, J, Balaguer, A Fuentes, Etcheverry, J Fuhr, Pavicic, W, Risk, M, Quirke, P, Melendez, L Contreras, Vaccaro, C, Piñero, TA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Buenos Aires Sociedad Argentina de Genetica 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Bacteroidetes; Bioinformatics; Cancer; Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Community structure; Developing countries; Feces; Firmicutes; LDCs; Medical screening; Microbiomes

Studies about the colorectal cancer (CRC) associated microbiome have mainly been conducted in developed countries with a high incidence of colorectal cancer. In the present work, we compare the CRC-associated microbiome of two developing countries with intermediate CRC incidence, Chile and Argentina...