Probiotics in preventing and treating chemotherapy-induced diarrhea: a meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: The application of probiotics before or during chemotherapy can effectively prevent the occurrence of CID among cancer patients. Moreover, the combination of probiotics in treating CID can also improve the therapeutic effect on CID, with less adverse events.
PMID: 31826366 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition - December 12, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Lu D, Yan J, Liu F, Ding P, Chen B, Lu Y, Sun Z Tags: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Source Type: research