Safe practices and financial considerations in using oral chemotherapeutic agents

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Bartel, Sylvia B ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Caregivers; Charity; Costs; Dispensing; Dosage schedules; Drug administration; Drug administration routes; Economics; Errors, medication; Health benefit programs; Industry, pharmaceutical; Neoplasms; Patient information; Patients; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DASATINIB; IMATINIB; LENALIDOMIDE; LOMUSTINE; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE;

CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG COST; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 34247579563     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp070036     Document Type: Review

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