title: Pregnancy screening prior to chemotherapy administration.
abstract: A retrospective case notes review was performed to determine compliance with screening for undetected pregnancy prior to commencement of chemotherapy at Flinders Medical Centre. All female patients aged 18-55 who commenced chemotherapy between January and December 2014 were included. During the first 12 months, for women identified as having childbearing potential, pre-chemotherapy pregnancy screening was performed only in 40% of patients under 40 years and in 20.5% of the entire age range.
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. ganessan.kichenadasse@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kichenadasse
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sukumaran
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vatandoust
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koczwara
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Karapetis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
keywords: HCG; chemotherapy; pregnancy