Gut Microbiome Associated with the Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster in Patients with Head and Neck Cancers
Bai J, Bruner DW, Fedirko V, Beitler JJ, Zhou C, Gu J, Zhao H, Lin IH, Chico CE, Higgins KA, Shin DM, Saba NF, Miller AH, Xiao C. Gut Microbiome Associated with the Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster in Patients with Head and Neck Cancers. Cancers 2020, 12: 2531. PMID: 32899975, PMCID: PMC7563252, DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychoneurological symptomsCancer patientsGut microbiomeNeck cancerPost-radiation therapyPsychoneurological symptom clusterCommon Terminology CriteriaPatient gut microbiomeGut Microbiome AssociatedFunctional pathway analysisTerminology CriteriaAdverse eventsOutcomes versionDiscriminant analysis effect sizeLinear discriminant analysis effect sizeStool specimensPatientsSymptom clustersCancer treatmentPilot studyGreater decreaseVitamin metabolismPotential rolePreliminary dataSignificant differences