ABSTRACT
Conditions in Colon ..................................................................................632 37.7 Clinical Trials Using Probiotics in the Treatment
of Other Cancers ..................................................................................................................633 37.7.1 Uterine Cancer..........................................................................................................633 37.7.2 Bladder Cancer .........................................................................................................633
37.8 Conclusions...........................................................................................................................633 Acknowledgment............................................................................................................................634 References ......................................................................................................................................634
Nearly 100 years ago, the Russian Nobel prizewinner Elie Metchnikoff observed a high life expectancy in Bulgarian peasants who ate large amounts of fermented milk products. He believed that the reason for their longevity was their consumption of lactic acid bacteria (lactobaccilli and bifidobacteria) in fermented milk products. He subsequently published his landmark paper stressing the importance of intestinal lactobaccilli in maintaining human health (Metchnikoff, 1907). Recently, his ideas regarding lactic acid bacteria have seen a major resurgence in popularity. The term
