title: [Day hospital in medical oncology].
abstract: Day hospital or ambulatory or outpatient therapy represent an important part of the activity in oncology in addition to the inpatient approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyse the data of the medical oncology day hospital from december 1995 to february 1996 in our institution.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We collect 2661 consultants in medical oncology and 816 (31%) have been oriented to the day hospital for chemotherapy mainly adjuvant for breast cancer (68%), colo-rectal cancer (18%) or lymphoma (5%). All treatment are administered under antiemetics of setron types for 40% of the patients. We perform also transfusion of red cells or more rarely platelets. Day hospital cover also diagnostic procedures as bone marrow punctures or biopsies or therapeutic gests as pleural or lumbar punctures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ambulatory chemotherapy represent an important component in medical oncology needing an adequate organisation and team synchronisation.
authors.affiliation: Service de carcinologie médicale, Institut Salah Azaïz, Tunis.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boussen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meziou
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014416:Tunisia