Evaluating the appropriateness of chemotherapy in a low-resource cancer centre in sub-Saharan Africa.

Patrizia SerraDeogratias M KatabaloNestory MasaluDino AmadoriSalustia BugingoFlavia FocaSara BravacciniCaterina DonatiLauro BucchiCarla Masini

Published in: Cancer medicine (2019)

The observed level of appropriateness of chemotherapy was encouraging. The proportion of patients experiencing severe toxic effects was lower than expected.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
locally advanced
chronic kidney disease
papillary thyroid
squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell
lymph node metastasis