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The Microbiome and Radiation Induced-Bowel Injury: Evidence for Potential Mechanistic Role in Diseas...

The Microbiome and Radiation Induced-Bowel Injury: Evidence for Potential Mechanistic Role in Diseas...

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The Microbiome and Radiation Induced-Bowel Injury: Evidence for Potential Mechanistic Role in Disease Pathogenesis

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The Microbiome and Radiation Induced-Bowel Injury: Evidence for Potential Mechanistic Role in Disease Pathogenesis

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Switzerland: MDPI

Journal title

Nutrients, 2018-10, Vol.10 (10), p.1405

Language

English

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Switzerland: MDPI

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Contents

Radiotherapy has played a major role in both the curative and palliative treatment of cancer patients for decades. However, its toxic effect to the surrounding normal healthy tissue remains a major drawback. In cases of intra-abdominal and/or pelvic malignancy, healthy bowel is inevitably included in the radiation field, causing undesirable consequ...

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The Microbiome and Radiation Induced-Bowel Injury: Evidence for Potential Mechanistic Role in Disease Pathogenesis

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6213333

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6213333

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ISSN

2072-6643

E-ISSN

2072-6643

DOI

10.3390/nu10101405

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