Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum infection and colorectal cancer: A Mexican study

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent cancer worldwide. Many risk factors are involved, and current evidence links the gut microbiota and colorectal carcinogenesis. Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is proposed as one of the risk factors at the onset and during the progression of CRC, due to immune system and inflammatory modulation.Ninety samples from three different regions of the colon were collected through colonoscopy in...