CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHOEA: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, CURRENT AND EMERGING TREATMENTS
Gastrointestinal (GI) side-effects of chemotherapy are a debilitating and often overlooked clinical hurdle in cancer management. Chemotherapy-induced constipation (CIC) and diarrhoea (CID) present a constant challenge in the efficient and tolerable treatment of cancer and are amongst the primary con...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pharmacology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2016.00414/full |