Synbiotics in Oncology: A Scoping Review Protocol on Their Impact and Outcomes in Cancer Care.

ABSTRACT: Symptom management remains challenging in cancer care. Emerging from nutritional science, nutritional metabolomics has seen exponential growth over recent years, aiming to discern the relationship between dietary habits and health consequences. This protocol aims to present the rationale and methodology for conducting a scoping review to summarize the extent of evidence on synbiotics utilization in cancer symptom management among adults. The scoping review will be undertaken in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) principles and the research process guided by the PRISMA 2020 scoping reviews extension. The following electronic databases will be searched from the inception: PubMed, Cinahl, Web of Science and Scopus. The authors expect to map the literature regarding the clinical

SUBMITTER: Belloni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10961746 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature