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Good news! This new human #tumor microbiome study is excellent. They used hundreds of negative controls for contamination + an extensive combo of methods to identify #bacteria in 7 #cancer types (lung, ovary, pancreas, melanoma, bone, brain): science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64… 
2/ Bacterial LPS + 16SrRNA were frequently detected in all tumor types, w/ #breast cancer harboring a particularly rich and diverse #microbiome. The image below shows LPS/16SrRNA in breast cancer cells. Bacteria were also found in normal breast samples from healthy subjects
By one report, #colorectal cancer screenings have declined by 86% due to #COVID19.
Thankful for the opportunity to propose strategies to address this problem with #MaSomsouk @UCSFCVP in @JAMAHealthForum
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Thankful for the opportunity to propose strategies to address this problem with #MaSomsouk @UCSFCVP in @JAMAHealthForum
jamanetwork.com/channels/healt…
“As states continue shelter-in-place ordinances that keep Americans at home/…/primary care physicians and gastroenterologists should advocate for mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach in their health care systems to reduce colorectal cancer mortality” 2/
“Mailed FIT outreach is evidence-based and addresses barriers to screening at the patient level by providing convenient at-home testing, at the provider level by addressing clinic visit time limitations, and at the health system level by maximizing the reach of screening” 3/
