Improving pharmaceutical care in oncology by pharmacoinformatics: the evolving role of informatics and the internet for drug therapy

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1011-1019

  Yap, Kevin Yi Lwern ^a   Chan, Alexandre ^a,b   Chui, Wai Keung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; ERLOTINIB;

BIOINFORMATICS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACOINFORMATICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84984548691     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70104-4     Document Type: Review

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