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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Main Authors: Rachel M McQuade, Vanesa Stojanovska, Raquel Abalo, Joel C Bornstein, Kulmira Nurgali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2016.00414/full

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