Gut bacterium may sabotage liver cancer immunotherapy, study suggests

A research team led by the Department of Clinical Oncology, Center of Cancer Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has identified a critical factor contributing to the failure of liver cancer immunotherapy. The study discovered that the gut bacterium Phocaeicola vulgatus can disrupt the immune system, leading to resistance to immunotherapy in some liver cancer patients.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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