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Applying System-Theoretic Accident Model Process view to patient safety for treatment with oral chemotherapy and anti-cancer drugs
Although the use of anti-neoplastic chemotherapy provides benefit to patients with both malignant and non-malignant diseases, the use of these agents can be at times associated with safety concerns for both patients and the healthcare workers that administer the medication. In order to mitigate the …
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Can Medicare afford to pay for oral chemotherapy drugs? : an evaluation of the problem and introduction of a model to estimate cost
Recently, effective oral cancer drugs are gaining prominence. This trend toward oral chemotherapy has important economic implications: the Medicare system of the United States pays for all intravenous (IV) chemotherapy, but it covers only those oral drugs that have an equivalent IV formulation …
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Culturally Informed Motivational Interviewing to Improve Oral Chemotherapy Adherence for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients and Their Caregivers: A Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy Trial
… (ALL) mandates a two-to-three-year maintenance chemotherapy phase wherein patients must take daily oral 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP). 6-MP regimen adherence is challenging and failure to take medication has been associated with an increase in relapse risk. Accordingly, interventions that enhance 6-MP …
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How do New Zealand nurses who work in the area of oncology educate and provide follow-up support to patients who are prescribed oral capecitabine and what are nurses’ perceptions of this process?
Oral therapy is an increasingly popular treatment option for individuals with cancer, replacing the traditional method of administering this treatment intravenously (IV). When chemotherapy is given IV the responsibility for administration rests with health professionals and it is usually given in a …
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Evolução da leucemia mielóide crônica frente à terapia com inibidores de tirosina cinase.
… qu ality of life of these patients . The oral chemotherapy is a new tool for cancer treatment , and has been proven effective and is becoming more common be cause it is simple, economical, non - i nvasive and less toxic . Is also possible that the treatment is performed in the patient's …