Background In October 2002, screening colonoscopy from age 55 onward was introduced
as part of the German national statutory cancer screening program. Screening colonoscopy …

Several bacterial species have been implicated in the development of colorectal carcinoma
(CRC), but CRC‐associated changes of fecal microbiota and their potential for cancer …

Association studies have linked microbiome alterations with many human diseases.
However, they have not always reported consistent results, thereby necessitating cross …

Several studies have investigated links between the gut microbiome and colorectal cancer
(CRC), but questions remain about the replicability of biomarkers across cohorts and …

Background: Several approaches have been suggested to be useful in the early detection of
colorectal neoplasms. Since metabolites are closely related to the phenotype and are …

Background and aims Inflammation plays a key role in tumor development and progression.
Vitamin D has potential tumor suppressing effects through modulation of inflammatory …

Objective Resection can potentially cure resectable pancreatic cancer (PaC) and
significantly prolong survival in some patients. This large-scale international study aimed to …

Background: Metabolic and transcriptomic differences between visceral adipose tissue
(VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) compartments, particularly in the context of …

Background The prognosis of pancreatic cancer (PaC) strongly varies across different
stages and age groups, which has unfortunately not been well recorded in the literature …

Background & Aims A variety of fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin (Hb) are
used in colorectal cancer screening. It is unclear to what extent differences in reported …