Updated Oncology Nursing Society Putting Evidence Into Practice Resources

The Prophylactic Use of Probiotics in the Prevention of Radiation Therapy-Induced Diarrhea

“…RT-induced diarrhea is treated with antibiotics, sucralfate, anti-inflammatory medications such as mesalazine and balsalazide, glutamine, octreotide, proteolytic enzymes, and hyperbaric oxygen (Delia et al, 2007;Muehlbaur & Thorpe, 2009). Treatment failure occurs in a substantial proportion of patients, although exact statistics are not reported (Giralt et al, 2008;Muehlbaur & Thorpe, 2009).…”