Gut health in the hospital environment goes beyond the control of diarrhea and constipation. Dysbiosis and increased intestinal permeability directly impact immunity, infectious risk, and clinical recovery.

Malnutrition is a common condition in cancer patients and is strongly associated with worse clinical outcomes, such as increased treatment toxicity, length of hospitalization, and mortality.

Literally, probiotics are defined as living organisms that, when used in adequate doses, confer clinical benefits to the host/patient.

Nutritional Therapy is considered a therapeutic procedure aimed at maintaining or recovering the nutritional status of individuals through Enteral Nutrition Therapy (TEN), Parenteral or Oral Nutritional Supplementation.