Table 4.
Examples of probiotics in treatment of different types of cancer
| Cancer type | Probiotic strain/strains | References |
|---|---|---|
| Breast cancer | Lactobacillus brevis MK05 | Pourbaferani et al. (2021) |
| Colorectal carcinoma | Lactobacillus plantarum CGMMCC No 1258, Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-11, Bifidobacterium longum BL-88 | Liu et al. (2011) |
| Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecalis | Zhong et al. (2014) | |
| Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG | Rafter et al. (2007) | |
| Bacillus natto, Lactobacillus acidophilus | Ohigashi et al. (2011) | |
| Lactobacillus casei BL23 | Jacouton et al. (2017) | |
| Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis isolate (R7) | Jaskulski et al. (2020) | |
| Cervical cancer | Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum | Chitapanarux et al. (2010) |
| Colon carcinogenesis | Lactobacillus casei | Irecta-Nájera et al. (2017) |
| Lactobacillus plantarum YYC-3 | Yue et al. (2020) | |
| L. rhamnosus strain Y5 | Dehghani et al. (2021) | |
| Gastric cancer | Lactobacillus kefiri P-IF | Ghoneum and Felo (2015) |
| Lactobacillus reuteri PTCC 1655 | Rasouli et al. (2017) | |
| Lactobacillus plantarum MH-301, L. rhamnosus LGG-18, L. acidophilus and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis LPL-RH | Zheng et al. (2021) | |
| Liver cancer | Lactobacillus rhamnosus LC705, Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii | El-Nezami et al. (2006) |
| Lung cancer | Lactobacillus acidophilus | Gui et al. (2015) |
| Pancreatic cancer | Lactobacillus paracasei GMNL-133 and Lactobacillus reuteri GMNL-89 | Chen et al. (2020) |