[Experience in the organization of ambulatory chemotherapy at the All-Union Oncologic Research Center of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences].
The recent advances have made it possible for chemotherapy to be used for cancer control under the conditions of out-patient clinics. Within 5 years, 9,000 out-patients had received at the Center 10-day courses of chemotherapy which was free from toxic complications and produced a therapeutic effect similar to that observed in in-patients. The out-patient chemotherapy service saved 177,140 in-patient/days which is an equivalent of running a 500 bed specialized cancer hospital during 12 months.
D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009031:Moscow; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
Opyt organizatsii ambulatornoĭ khimioterapii vo Vsesoiuznom onkologicheskom nauchnom tsentre AMN SSSR.