Life style and interaction with microbiota in prostate cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. The standard non-surgical approach for localized PCa is radiotherapy (RT), but one of the limitations of high-dose RT is the potential increase in gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicities. We present th...

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Main Authors: Patrizia Gnagnarella, Giulia Marvaso, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Ottavio de Cobelli, Maria Claudia Simoncini, Luiz Felipe Nevola Teixeira, Annarita Sabbatini, Gabriella Pravettoni, Harriet Johansson, Luigi Nezi, Paolo Muto, Valentina Borzillo, Egidio Celentano, Anna Crispo, Monica Pinto, Ernesta Cavalcanti, Sara Gandini, for the MicroStyle Collaborative Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09521-4