Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Cases
Manuscript ID	47153
Country	China

Category	Oncology
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Antibiotics and immunotherapy in gastrointestinal tumors: friend or foe?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Cong Yan, Xiao-Xuan Tu, Wei Wu, Zhou Tong, Lu-Lu Liu, Yi Zheng, Wei-Qin Jiang, Peng Zhao, Wei-Jia Fang and Hang-Yu Zhang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number the Major Scientific Project of Zhejiang 2017C03028
Corresponding Author	Hang-Yu Zhang, MD, Attending Doctor, Department of Cancer Biotherapy Center, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No.79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China. zhanghangyu@zju.edu.cn
Key Words	Antibiotics; Immunotherapy; Gastrointestinal tumor; Microbiota; Immune checkpoint inhibitors
Core Tip	With the widespread use of immunotherapy for almost all types of cancers and the extensive usage of antibiotics in many countries, the association between antibiotics and immunotherapy deserves an investigation based on some studies which showed the gut microbiota plays an important role in immunotherapy. We reviewed the relevant papers and found antibiotics may attenuate the effect of immunotherapy.
Citation	Yan C, Tu XX, Wu W, Tong Z, Liu LL, Zheng Y, Jiang WQ, Zhao P, Fang WJ, Zhang HY. Antibiotics and immunotherapy in gastrointestinal tumors: friend or foe? World J Clin Cases 2019; 7(11): 1253-1261

Received	2019-03-15 03:05
Peer-Review Started	2019-03-15 06:08
To Make the First Decision	2019-03-29 01:21
Return for Revision	2019-04-01 03:14
Revised	2019-04-07 22:45
Second Decision	2019-04-18 09:27
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2019-04-19 01:42
Articles in Press	2019-04-19 01:42
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2019-04-24 00:46
Typeset the Manuscript	2019-06-05 09:51

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