Correlation between invasive microbiota in margin-surrounding mucosa and anastomotic healing in patients with colorectal cancer
Yan-Dong Li, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Kang-Xin He, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Wei-Fang Zhu, Division of Dermatology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Li YD, He KX, and Zhu WF contributed equally to this work; He KX and Zhu WF designed the research; Li YD and He KX performed the research; Li YD and He KX analyzed the data; and Li YD, He KX, and Zhu WF wrote the paper.
Supported by Zhejiang Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 2017ZA082.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to report.
Data sharing statement: Data from this manuscript will be available upon request.
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Corresponding author: Wei-Fang Zhu, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Dermatology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China. wfzhu@163.com
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Received: July 23, 2019
Peer-review started: July 23, 2019
First decision: August 27, 2019
Revised: August 30, 2019
Accepted: September 4, 2019
Article in press: September 4, 2019
Published online: September 15, 2019
