Table 2.

Incidence of chemotherapy related gastrointestinal symptoms and use of dietary supplements

Symptom	Incidence of chemotherapy related gastrointestinal symptoms no (%)
	never	very rare	rare	sometimes	often	very often
Nausea	10 (23)	11 (25)	9 (20)	6 (14)	8 (18)	0 (0)
Vomiting	19 (43)	10 (23)	6 (14)	6 (14)	3 (7)	0 (0)
Constipation	14 (32)	10 (23)	6 (14)	5 (11)	5 (11)	4 (9)
Diarrhea	20 (45)	13 (30)	6 (14)	2 (5)	1 (2)	2 (5)
Use of dietary supplements no (%)
Nausea and vomiting			Yes	29 (66)	No	15 (34)
Constipation and diarrhea			Yes	25 (57)	No	19 (43)