Coronavirus keeping you home? Ask if your chemotherapy ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年3月18日—Cancerpatientsonchemotherapyoftenhavetotraveltoahospital,clinicorinfusioncenterforregulartreatments.

Cancer patients on chemotherapy[1] often have to travel to a hospital, clinic or infusion center[2] for regular treatments[3]. But those concerned about exposure to the coronavirus may have another option: taking chemotherapy at home in pill or liquid form. Taking an oral medication instead of traveling to get an or injection or an infusion may seem like a good option for a cancer patient who is in isolation or trying to avoid going out, but realize there are some pitfalls[4].

“While there may be an oral option for systemic anti-cancer drug delivery in certain clinical situations, it is important that patients understand both differences in potential side effects[5] as well as any specific financial implication for them resulting from a change from systemic to oral treatment,” says Maurie Markman[6], MD, President of Medicine & Science for Cancer Treatment Centers of Ameri...