Application of a multispecies probiotic reduces gastro-intestinal discomfort and induces microbial changes after colonoscopy.

ABSTRACT: Even after decades of research and pharmaceutical development, cancer is still one of the most common causes of death in the western population and the management of cancer will remain a major challenge of medical research. One of the most common types of cancer is colorectal cancer (CRC). Prevention by detection of early-stage precursors is the most reliable method to prevent CRC development. In dependence of age, familial predisposition, and other risk factors the preventative routine screening for CRC by colonoscopy should be performed at least twice in intervals of about ten years. Although colonoscopy is a life-saving clinical examination reducing both incidence and mortality of CRC significantly, it has still a bad reputation in the population as an uncomfortable procedure with unple

SUBMITTER: Labenz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870247 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature