title: Cancer, drug medication and noncompliance.
abstract: This issue is an attempt to expose the extent of compliance, respectively of non-compliance among the oncological patients of the Central Oncological centre in Sofia. There are several factors that influence upon the degree of nonadherence. The authors make an attempt to elucidate them in order to increase the rate of compliance among this group of patients. The results of the analysis of the received data show that the level of the compliance is 92% among the studied cancerous patients. Despite the shown high level of compliance there are possibilities for the individualization of their treatment.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia.
authors.forename: Z D
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Dimitrova
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Petkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents