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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2024

Effects of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics on the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer: Mexican consensus and recommendations.

Gabriela Gutiérrez Salmeán, Merari Delgadillo González, Ariadna Alejandra Rueda Escalona, José Antonio Leyva Islas, Denisse Castro-Eguiluz

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gabriela Gutiérrez SalmeánCentro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Anáhuac Mexico, Huixquilucan, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
Merari Delgadillo GonzálezModelo Integral para la atención del Cáncer Cervicouterino Localmente Avanzado y Avanzado (MICAELA) Program, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico.
Ariadna Alejandra Rueda EscalonaMasters in Medical Sciences Program, Universidad Anáhuac Mexico, Huixquilucan, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
José Antonio Leyva IslasNutritional and Metabolic Support, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE) Hospital Regional Lic. Adolfo López Mateos, Mexico City, Mexico.
Denisse Castro-EguiluzInvestigador por México, Consejo Nacional de Humanidades Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCyT)-Department of Clinical Research, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico.
Instituto Nacional de Cancerología · MXHospital de Especialidades · MXInstitute for Social Security and Services for State Workers · MXUniversidad Anáhuac · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut microbiota plays a crucial role in modulating immune responses, including effector response to infection and surveillance of tumors. This article summarizes the current scientific evidence on the effects of supplementation with prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics on high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, precancerous lesions, and various stages of cervical cancer development and treatment while also examining the underlying molecular pathways involved. Our findings indicate that a higher dietary fiber intake is associated with a reduced risk of HPV infection, while certain probiotics have shown promising results in clearing HPV-related lesions. Additionally, certain strains of probiotics, prebiotics such as inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides, and synbiotics decrease the frequency of gastrointestinal adverse effects in cervical cancer patients. These agents attain their results by modulating crucial metabolic pathways, including the reduction of inflammation and oxidative stress, promoting apoptosis, inhibiting cell proliferation, and suppressing the activity of oncogenes, thus attenuating tumorigenesis. We conclude that although further human studies are necessary, robust evidence in preclinical models demonstrates that prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics play an essential role in cervical cancer, from infection to carcinogenesis and its medical treatment. Consequently, we strongly recommend conducting high-quality clinical trials using these agents as adjuvants since they have proven safe.

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cervical cancerchemoradiotherapyHPV-infectionhuman papillomavirusprebioticprobioticsynbiotic

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PMID38606098
PMCPMC11007160
OpenAlexW4393273612

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