BC Cancer Pharmacy – Gastrointestinal Adverse Effects

After completing this course learners will be able to:

• Describe the following chemotherapy-induced gastrointestinal (GI) complications: nausea and vomiting; constipation; diarrhea; and oral complications such as mucositis, neurotoxicity, taste changes, dry mouth, bleeding, osteonecrosis of the jaw
• Discuss the etiology, pathophysiology, and grading for chemotherapy-induced GI complications.
• Review the assessment of patients for risk factors and symptoms of GI complications.
• Summarize the risk of GI complications for individual and combination chemotherapy regimens.
• Summarize management strategies for chemotherapy-induced GI complications.