Whom to treat? Factors associated with chemotherapy recommendations and outcomes among patients with NHL at the Uganda Cancer Institute.
Manoj P MenonAnna CoghillInnocent MutyabaFred OkukuWarren PhippsJohn HarlanJackson OremCorey CasperPublished in: PloS one (2018)
In resource-poor areas, it is essential to align health care expenditures with interventions likely to provide benefit to affected populations. Targeting cancer therapy to those with a favorable chance of responding will not only save limited resources, but will also prevent harm in those patients unlikely to realize an effect of cancer-directed therapy.
Keyphrases
- cancer therapy
- papillary thyroid
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- squamous cell
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- stem cells
- type diabetes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- physical activity
- clinical practice
- metabolic syndrome
- social media
- patient reported outcomes
- smoking cessation
- chemotherapy induced