Alaa Al-Shorman
Department of Medical Oncology, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, JordanPublications
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Review Article
The effect of probiotics supplementation on the side effects of chemo radiotherapy for colorectal cancer: A literature review
Author(s): Lana M. Agraib, Alaa Al-Shorman, Samer Salah, Ramiz Abu-hijlih and Fawzi Abuhijla*
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths (8.5%) and ranks as the second most common cancer among women (9.2%) and the third among men (10.0%) worldwide. The main treatments modalities for CRC as all the different types of cancer are surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. However, such treatments (mainly radio and chemotherapy) have several side effects which cannot be ignored and mainly presented as gastrointestinal toxicity that include infections, mucositis, enteritis, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting. Probiotics are one of Biological Radio protectors (BRPs) that have been reported to preserve gastrointestinal tract in patients treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. The main use of probiotics as BRPs is treatment of intestinal toxicity and inflammation induced by radiotherapy, chemotherapy or surgical interventions. These effects may expl.. Read More»
Editors List
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Osamu Tanaka
Osamu Tanaka
Assistant Professor,
Department of Radiation Oncology
Asahi University Hospital
Gifu city, Gifu, Japan -
Maher Abdel Fattah Al-Shayeb
Department of Surgical Sciences, Ajman University, UAE
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Andrzej Zdziennicki
Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, I Clinic of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology (Lodz, Poland)
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Krzysztof Urbanski
Head of the Oncology Gynecology Clinic, Oncology Center - Instytut im. Maria Sklodowska Curie, Department in Krakow (Krakow, Poland)
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Andrzej Szawlowski
Klinika Nowotworow Gornego Odcinka Uklad Digestii, Oncology Center - Institute (Warsaw, Poland)