Assessment of patient perceptions of counselling on oral antineoplastic agents by a dedicated cancer services pharmacist in an outpatient cancer clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral antineoplastic agents have caused a paradigm shift in cancer treatment, however, they produce many unique challenges. Although oral antineoplastics can have complex administration regimes, low adherence rates and high possibilities of drug-drug interactions, they are administered unsupervised at home. Cancer services pharmacists have the required skillsets to improve patient outcomes associated with oral antineoplastic treatment by increasing patient health literacy, improving concordance and optimising administration protocols.

Aim

To evaluate patients' perceptions, experiences and overall satisfaction with dedicated clinical pharmacist consultations in patients treated with oral antineoplastic agents at a major public hospital.

Method

In this retrosp

SUBMITTER: McNabb L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11175407 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature