[Experience with chemotherapy at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France].
Thanks to a scholarship of the French government, in 2000 I had the possibility to work at the Medical Oncology Service (Professor D. Khayat) of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France as an intern for 9 months. I describe the use of chemotherapy in France based on my experience. Chemotherapy for solid tumors is provided mainly on an outpatient basis. In the case of inpatients, the period is very short. The program works because of the patients' way of thinking, good supportive care, and a well-constructed visiting nursing system. Especially, administration of steroids, G-CSF and erythropoietin as a secondary prevention for myelosuppresion seemed very effective. This system would be helpful for chemotherapy provided on an outpatient basis in Japan.
Tsuji
Yasushi
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Dept. of Internal Medicine, Higashi Sapporo Hospital.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital; D010045:Outpatients; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
D000932:Antiemetics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations