Cancer Bacteria Tree (IMAGE)

Duke University

Cancer Bacteria Tree

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A diagram of the species of bacteria from an individual patient that are more likely to be found with tumor samples (blue) or normal tissue samples (yellow). The layout of the diagram shows the bacterial family tree, with node sizes proportional to the number of times a given bacterial group is observed. This specific diagram "rediscovers" that Fusobacterium species are strongly enriched in colorectal cancer and offers the new insight that Campylobacter species are also associated with the disease.

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Anders Dohlman, Duke University

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