TABLE 3.

In vitro and in vivo effect of probiotics against cancer.

Probiotic strain	Cancer type	Therapeutic effects	References
L. casei	Colon carcinogenesis	Antimutagenic	Irecta-Nájera et al. (2017)
L. fermentum	Colorectal cancer	Anticancer	Kahouli et al. (2017)
L. acidophilus	Colorectal cancer	Antiproliferative	Jacouton et al. (2017)
L. casei, L. johnsonii with other strains	Colon cancer	Anticancer	Chen et al. (2017)
L. acidophilus, B. bifidum, B. infantum	Colorectal cancer	Antiproliferative	Kuugbee et al. (2016)
L. rhamnosus	Colorectal cancer	Antitumor	Gamallat et al. (2016)
Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	Breast cancer	Antitumor	Wu et al. (2016)
L. crispatus, L. rhamnosus	Cervical cancer	Antiproliferative	Motevaseli et al. (2016)
L. crispatus, L. rhamnosus	Breast cancer	Cytotoxic effects	Esfandiary et al. (2016)
L. crispatus, L. rhamnosus	Cervical and colon cancer	Cytotoxic effects	Nouri et al. (2016)
L. acidophilus	Lung cancer	Reduction in tumor size	Gui et al. (2015)