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Cancer treatments have undergone a paradigm shift with the development and rapid growth of the use of oral anti-cancer treatment, particularly within the past ten years. Responsibility for administration of oral anti-cancer medicines has largely been devolved from the oncology team to the patient and their caregivers. However, there are longstanding safety concerns about people receiving oral anti-cancer medicines, therefore patient management and safety is of paramount importance. The authors reviewed the evidence and guidelines on administration of oral anti-cancer medicines, which encompasses patient management, then formulated new standards for clinical practice, which are reported in the article.
Cancer Nursing Practice. doi: 10.7748/cnp.2022.e1828
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestThis work was supported by the Irish Cancer Society (Grant number CNRA19RIC) in partnership with the Health Research Board, the National Cancer Control Programme and the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript
Richmond JP, Kelly MG, Murphy PJ et al (2022) Developing evidence-based standards for the administration of oral anti-cancer medicines. Cancer Nursing Practice. doi: 10.7748/cnp.2022.e1828
Published online: 24 November 2022
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