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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

A Literature Review on the Impact of the Gut Microbiome on Cancer Treatment Efficacy, Disease Evolution and Toxicity: The Implications for Hematological Malignancies.

Ioana Gabriela Dumitru, Samuel Bogdan Todor, Cristian Ichim, Claudiu Helgiu, Alina Helgiu

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ioana Gabriela DumitruFaculty of Medicine, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.
Samuel Bogdan TodorFaculty of Medicine, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.
Cristian IchimFaculty of Medicine, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.ORCID 0009-0005-9111-6088
Claudiu HelgiuFaculty of Medicine, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.
Alina HelgiuFaculty of Medicine, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in modulating the efficacy and toxicity of cancer therapies, particularly in hematological malignancies. This review examines the dynamic interplay between gut microbiota and cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Disruptions in the gut microbiome, known as dysbiosis, are associated with adverse effects like gastrointestinal toxicity, neutropenia and cardiotoxicity during chemotherapy. Conversely, the supplementation of probiotics has shown potential in mitigating these side effects by enhancing gut barrier function and regulating immune responses. In HSCT, a higher diversity of gut microbiota is linked to better patient outcomes, including reduced graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and improved survival rates. The microbiome also influences the efficacy of immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-T cell therapy, by modulating immune pathways. Research suggests that certain bacteria, including

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cancer therapydysbiosisgut microbiomehematological malignanciesimmunotherapyprobiotics

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PMID40364013
PMCPMC12072304

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