Concomitant medications in cancer patients: Should we be more active in their management?

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 430-

  Lord, S ^a   Hall, P S ^a   Seymour, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; WARFARIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG INTERACTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUTROPENIA; POLYPHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951901716     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp539     Document Type: Letter

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