The who, where and how of fusobacteria and colon cancer

Cynthia L Sears, Cynthia L Sears

Abstract

The association between the bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum and human colon cancer is more complicated than it first appeared.

Keywords: Fusobacterium nucleatum; Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology; cancer biology; colorectal carcinoma; human; metascience; replication; reproducibility.

Conflict of interest statement

CS No competing interests declared

© 2018, Sears.

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