From: healthline.com People commonly associate chemotherapy with intravenous (IV) cancer drugs in a hospital or doctor’s office. This has been the traditional nonsurgical method of treating cancer. Due to recent advances in cancer treatments, oral chemotherapy pills have become more widely used for many types of cancer. There are a few that are approved for breast cancer, including capecitabine (Xeloda), …
New program makes it easier for certain breast cancer patients to be treated at home
By: Barbara Morse From: turnto10.com A new program is making it easier for certain breast cancer patients to be treated at home. This program, which is being offered through the Lifespan Cancer Institute, will mean some women with advanced breast cancer who qualify for, or are already, taking oral chemotherapy, may now avoid coming to the hospital so often. “Typically …
Impact of Pharmacist Management of Oral Chemotherapy for Patients in an Outpatient Breast Cancer Clinic
By: Alana Hippensteele, Editor From: pharmacytimes.com In outpatient breast cancer clinics, oral chemotherapies are becoming more common as a treatment method for various malignancies. Yet, the hematologic (eg neutropenia) and non-hematologic (eg diarrhea) toxicities that patients experience while taking these oral chemotherapies can cause increased clinic visits, delays in treatment, and non-adherence to treatment, according to a poster presented by …
What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Pills
Usually, chemotherapy is associated with cancer drugs given intravenously in a hospital or doctor’s office. This has been the traditional nonsurgical method of treating cancer. Some versions of oral chemotherapy have been around for more than 60 years. But it’s due to recent advances in cancer treatments that oral chemotherapy pills have become more widely used. In 2007, researchers estimated …