Nutritional interventions for reducing gastrointestinal toxicity in adults undergoing radical pelvic radiotherapy.
Abstract
Across the developed world, an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 people are treated annually with pelvic radiotherapy and 80% will develop gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms during treatment. Acute GI symptoms are associated with a greater risk of chronic, often debilitating, GI symptoms. Up to one-third of patients are malnourished before pelvic radiotherapy and up to four-fifths of patients lose weight during treatment. Malnutrition is linked to a higher risk of GI toxicity, which can lead to breaks in radiotherapy and early cessation of chemotherapy, thus compromising the efficacy of the primary cancer treatment.Citation
Nutritional interventions for reducing gastrointestinal toxicity in adults undergoing radical pelvic radiotherapy. 2013, 11:CD009896 Cochrane Database Syst RevJournal
The Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsDOI
10.1002/14651858.CD009896.pub2PubMed ID
24282062Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1469-493Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/14651858.CD009896.pub2