ReviewClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2018
The potential roles of bacteria to improve radiation treatment outcome.
Review in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Encapsulation Strategies for Targeted Delivery of Probiotics in Preventing and Treating Colorectal Cancer: A Review.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Interplay between the abdominopelvic radiotherapy and gut microbiota.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- The role of bacteria and its derived biomaterials in cancer radiotherapy.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2023Review
- Bacterial Therapy of Cancer: A Way to the Dustbin of History or to the Medicine of the Future?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Functional Role of RBP in Osteosarcoma: Regulatory Mechanism and Clinical Therapy.Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) · 2023Review
- Do Bacteria Provide an Alternative to Cancer Treatment and What Role Does Lactic Acid Bacteria Play?Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Therapeutic bacteria to combat cancer; current advances, challenges, and opportunities.Cancer medicine · 2019Review
- New physical approaches to treat cancer stem cells: a review.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2018Review
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Abstract
Many combined therapies have been proposed to enhance radiotherapy outcome, but they have several limitations. As a new feasible strategy, combination of radiotherapy with bacteria showed a significant positive impact on the tumor treatment and metastasis inhibition. Although probiotic bacteria and radiotherapy alone can be effective in the treatment of different cancers, the combination of these two therapies seems to enhance therapeutic outcome and is cost-effective. Bacterial cells can act as therapeutic/gene/drug delivery vehicles as well as theranostic agents. In this communication, we reviewed current evidences, studies, suggestions, and future-based directions on combination of radiotherapy and bacteria. In another sections, an overview on tumor hypoxia, bacteria in cancer therapy, and combination of radiotherapy and bacteria is presented. A brief overview on trials and animal studies which used bacteria to protect normal tissues against radiotherapy-induced complications is also included.
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