Probiotics may help prevent chemoradiotherapy-induced diarrhoea in people with abdominal and pelvic cancer
19 Dec 2016by Paul Enck
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis, led by Dr. C-X Pei from The First Clinical Medical College and Evidence Based Medical Centre of Lanzhou University in Lanzhou (China), has shown that probiotics may have a role in prevention of chemoradiotherapy-induced diarrhoea in people with abdominal and pelvic cancer, and are rarely associated with adverse events.