Cancer treatment involves various methods—radiation therapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and chemotherapy. The last, according to the US-based Mayo Clinic, is the most often used treatment method.
“Cancer cells go through this process faster than normal cells, so chemotherapy has more of an effect on these fast-growing cells,” ASCO added. According to Dr. Jorge Ignacio, oncologist and chair of the Cancer Institute of UP-Philippine General Hospital , not all chemotherapy drugs have a subcutaneous preparation.
Cortez said he had to get up as early as 4 am and leave the house an hour after to beat the traffic and the hospital crowd. Only after nine hours will his name be called for a chemotherapy session. “The lines can be addressed by adding more pharmacists to compound the drugs and bigger chemotherapy room to accommodate more patients. We are currently addressing the problem by hiring more pharmacists,” he detailed.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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