Tuesday 20 August 2019

Antibiotic use linked to heightened bowel cancer risk

Antibiotic use (pills/capsules) is linked to a heightened risk of bowel (colon) cancer, but a lower risk of rectal cancer, and depends, to some extent, on the type and class of drug prescribed, suggests research published online in the journal Gut.

source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-08-antibiotic-linked-heightened-bowel-cancer.html