Most oncologists try to prevent treatment-related diarrhea in patients who are on cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted agents, according to an online survey of oncologists, mostly practicing in the community setting.
Out of 50 practicing oncologists, only 6% chose not to prescribe prophylactic agents before chemotherapy, and 78% did not initiate them before treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), according to Omkar Marathe, MD, of the Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation, Long