Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics: Is there enough evidence to support their use in colorectal cancer surgery?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 426-438

  Peitsidou, Kiriaki ^a   Karantanos, Theodoros ^a   Theodoropoulos, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Probiotics; Review; Surgery; Synbiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871195225     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345580     Document Type: Review

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