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What do you counsel the families of pediatric cancer patients who want to take probiotics while receiving chemotherapy?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Phoenix Childrens Medical Group

I allow all pediatric oncology patients to take pre and probiotics if they desire although our bone marrow transplant colleagues are more hesitant. There is no good evidence (yet) that probiotics improve the gut microbiome or have any other significant effects on complications of childhood cancer, b...

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