RESUMO
In modern oncology chemotherapy (CT), along with the surgical technique and radiotherapy is a leader in the treatment of cancer patients. More than 60% of patients receiving chemotherapy at different stages of treatment. Recently, modern chemotherapy has become more urgent personal approach to the choice of drugs and their doses, aimed at reducing the toxicity of chemotherapy. Complications of chemotherapy significantly degrade the effectiveness of the treatment of patients with malignant tumors, because they require lower doses of anticancer drug, or lengthening the intervals between cycles of chemotherapy, which affects treatment outcomes and quality of life. This paper presents a literature review of toxic effects of cytostatic drugs on the gastrointestinal tract.
