Benefits of using probiotics as adjuvants in anticancer therapy (Review)
- Authors:
- Silvia Vivarelli
- Luca Falzone
- Maria Sofia Basile
- Daria Nicolosi
- Carlo Genovese
- Massimo Libra
- Mario Salmeri
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Affiliations: Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy - Published online on: June 3, 2019 https://doi.org/10.3892/wasj.2019.13
- Pages: 125-135
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Copyright: © Vivarelli et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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