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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2026

Integrative oncology in colorectal cancer: evidence-based strategies from prevention through survivorship.

Cailu Shen, Rui Lou, Fan Bai, Ying Zhang, Tong Xu, Zebo Huang

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Cailu ShenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Rui LouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Fan BaiDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Ying ZhangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Tong XuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Zebo HuangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading global malignancy, with approximately 1.9 million new cases and over 900,000 deaths recorded in 2022, yet evidence-based integrative oncology strategies remain inconsistently incorporated into routine care. This narrative review synthesizes current evidence across the full CRC care continuum, from primary prevention through long-term survivorship. High-fiber diets, Mediterranean dietary patterns, calcium supplementation, regular physical activity, healthy weight maintenance, and berberine each demonstrate reproducible CRC risk reduction in large prospective cohorts and multicenter randomized controlled trials. The CHALLENGE trial (NEJM 2025) provides the first randomized phase 3 evidence that structured exercise after adjuvant chemotherapy reduces disease recurrence (HR 0.72) and death (HR 0.63) in colon cancer. Aspirin chemoprevention requires individualized risk-benefit assessment per 2022 US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines; preliminary CaPP3 trial data (conference presentation, June 2025; not yet peer-reviewed) suggest non-inferiority of low-dose aspirin (75-100 mg/day) to 600 mg/day in Lynch syndrome, pending formal publication. Fusobacterium nucleatum promotes colorectal carcinogenesis through five mechanistically distinct pathways: FadA-mediated Wnt/β-catenin activation, Fap2- and CbpF-mediated immune evasion via TIGIT and CEACAM1, succinate-HIF-1α-EZH2-mediated immune suppression, Hippo pathway-mediated suppression of pyroptosis, and autophagy-induced chemoresistance. Perioperative multi-strain probiotics significantly reduce postoperative infectious complications, and fecal microbiota transplantation shows preliminary promise for sensitizing microsatellite-stable CRC to immunotherapy. The 2022-2024 SIO-ASCO and ASCO-SIO clinical practice guidelines endorse mindfulness-based interventions, yoga, and acupuncture for anxiety, depression, fatigue, and cancer-related pain. Systematic integration of these interventions into multidisciplinary CRC care requires standardized implementation frameworks, CRC-specific clinical trials for mind-body modalities, and bioavailability-optimized phytochemical formulations.

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chemopreventioncolorectal cancerdietary interventionsFusobacterium nucleatumgut microbiomeintegrative oncologysurvivorship

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PMID42434742
PMCPMC13349883

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