癌症患者的药物坚持:综合性审查
Reshma V1, Arun M Chacko2,3, Naseeha Abdulla4
1Pharmacology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute (SSSMCRI), Chennai, IND.
Cureus
|February 22, 2024
概括
坚持服用癌症药物对于治疗成功至关重要. 本综述探讨了影响遵守的因素,旨在改善患者的治疗结果并降低癌症死亡率.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 癌症发病率正在上升,晚期检测导致高死亡率.
- 对癌症风险因素,诊断和预防的有限认识加剧了这个问题.
- 尽管在癌症治疗方面取得了进展,但药物治疗不良仍然是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 综合审查癌症药物遵守情况.
- 确定影响癌症治疗的因素.
- 探索影响癌症患者药物坚持的障碍和促进因素.
主要方法:
- 对癌症治疗治疗方法的文献综述.
- 分析影响药物坚持的因素.
- 检查遵守的障碍和促进因素.
主要成果:
- 药物坚持受副作用,药物成本和患者相关因素的影响.
- 了解这些因素是改善遵守的关键.
- 需要有效的策略来克服坚持的障碍.
结论:
- 改善癌症药物坚持对于有效治疗和患者生存至关重要.
- 解决诸如副作用和成本之类的障碍,可以提高合规性.
- 对患者支持和坚持干预措施的进一步研究是有必要的.
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