ISSN:
1573-739X
Keywords:
CSFS‐ASCO guidelines
;
Drug use evaluation
;
Discrepancies
;
Clinical practice
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract To assess whether physicians comply with American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) guidelines for the use of CSFs, a prospective survey was performed in 15 Paris university hospitals involved in cancer treatment in 1997. If 45% of the prescriptions complied with the guidelines, primary prophylactic administration, which represented 52% of cases, did not comply with ASCO guidelines. These results suggested that primary prophylactic administration was one major clinical situation in which physicians could benefit from guidance to use a CSFs and that criteria defined by ASCO to allow primary prophylactic administration were not applied in clinical practice.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008719108916
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