psyllium and Relieved Intestinal Impairments

• How do tumours outside the gastrointestinal tract respond to dietary fibre supplementation?

  • 2023-11
  • Review
  • BMJ oncology 2(1)
  • • Fatima Asim
    • Lowenna Clarke
    • Elizabeth Donnelly
    • Fouzia Rahana Jamal
    • Lucrezia Maria Piccicacchi
    • Mahanoor Qadir
    • Nain Tara Raja
    • Cyrus Samadi
    • Chee Kin Then
    • Anne E Kiltie

  • PubMed: 39886510
  • DOI: 10.1136/bmjonc-2023-000107

  1 Insight on

  • Relieved Intestinal Impairments

  • Low evidence

  certain types of dietary fibre, such as psyllium, partially hydrolysed guar gum, hydrolysed rice bran and inulin plus fructooligosaccharide, have been shown to mitigate gastrointestinal toxicities in patients with cancer undergoing pelvic radiotherapy

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes