Common physical causes for diarrhoea or steatorrhoea after cancer treatment
| Diarrhoea | Steatorrhoea |
| Bile acid malabsorption | Bile acid malabsorption |
| Carbohydrate malabsorption | Free fatty acid malabsorption |
| Constipation with overflow | Intestinal lymphangiectasia |
| Dietary/alcohol problems | Pancreatic insufficiency |
| Drug side effects | Small bowel bacterial overgrowth |
| Endocrine abnormalities | |
| Infection | |
| New/recurrent neoplasia | |
| New-onset primary inflammatory bowel disease | |
| Rapid transit | |
| Short bowel syndrome | |
| Small bowel bacterial overgrowth | |
| Stricture formation |