Byrd, Doratha A.
Zouiouich, Sémi
Wahl, David
Pardini, Barbara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9571-4257
Gomez Morales, Maria F.
Tarallo, Sonia
Bulfamante, Sara
Francavilla, Antonio
Francescato, Giulia
Hogue, Stephanie R.
Armaroli, Paola
Bellisario, Cristina
Ferrante, Gianluigi
Vogtmann, Emily https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1355-5593
Wan, Yunhu
Hua, Xing
Shi, Jianxin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8606-4707
Gunter, Marc
Naccarati, Alessio
Senore, Carlo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1023-7477
Sinha, Rashmi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-7462
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
Article History
Received: 22 October 2025
Revised: 1 May 2026
Accepted: 2 June 2026
First Online: 12 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The MITOS cohort project was approved by the local Ethics committee (AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy; Approval no.: 0061857). This investigation was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Participants were informed that residual fecal samples could be used for research purposes, including publication, and were given the opportunity to opt-out from the project.