Gastrointestinal Complications (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Changes to This Summary (07/19/2018)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Diarrhea

Updated Table 1 with information from the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0 (cited National Cancer Institute as reference 8).

Added interference with activities of daily living to the list of criteria for evaluating diarrhea.

Updated Table 3 with information from the CTCAE, version 5.0.

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