Effects of a Laxation and Probiotic Bowel Preparation Regimen: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients Undergoing Prostate Radiation Therapy.

Conclusions: The osmotic laxative was more effective at achieving lower rectal gas levels than a bulking laxative with probiotic in this study. Larger studies of commonly used laxatives are required to develop recommendations for bowel preparation during radiotherapy to the prostate. PMID: 31560227 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nutrition and Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Nutr Cancer Source Type: research