Auhtors: Browne AJ, Chipeta MG, Haines-Woodhouse G, Kumaran EPA, Hamadani BHK, Zaraa S, et al. PMID: 34774223 PMCID: PMC8654683 DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00280-1 Abstract Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. WHO emphasises the need for countries to monitor antibiotic consumption to combat AMR. Many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack surveillance [...]

Auhtors: Cao Y, Wu K, Mehta R, Drew DA, Song M, Lochhead P, et al. PMID: 28377387 PMCID: PMC5628103 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313413 Abstract Objective: Recent evidence suggests that antibiotic use, which alters the gut microbiome, is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. However, the association between antibiotic use and risk of colorectal adenoma, the [...]

Auhtors: Boursi B, Mamtani R, Haynes K, Yang YX PMID: 26338196 PMCID: PMC4663115 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.08.015 Abstract Background: Bacterial dysbiosis was previously described in human malignancies. In a recent animal model, tumour susceptibility was transmitted using faecal transplantation. Our aim was to evaluate possible association between antibiotic exposure and cancer risk. Methods: We conducted nested case-control [...]

Auhtors: Kilkkinen A, Rissanen H, Klaukka T, Pukkala E, Heliövaara M, Huovinen P, et al. PMID: 18704945 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23622 Abstract Antibiotic use has been hypothesized to be associated with the risk of cancer but the evidence is sparse and inconsistent. The aim of the present study was to determine whether antibiotic use predicts the development [...]