Preparation, Administration, and Handling of Chemotherapy Ensuring Patient Safety: Preventing Chemotherapy Errors The chemotherapy administration process provides many opportunities for various health care professionals to make mistakes. The error may…
Clinical Trials The goals of clinical cancer research are to improve the therapeutic outcomes for cancer patients and to improve the quality of care. Important progress in cancer therapy has…
Biologic Response Modifiers Janet Gordils-Perez Biologic therapy is the fourth modality in the treatment of cancer, after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Biologic therapy produces anticancer effects either through the actions…
Overview of Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is the use of cytotoxic agents to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy dates back to the 1500s, when heavy metals were used systemically to treat cancers, and…
