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Evaluating the appropriateness of chemotherapy in a low‐resource cancer centre in sub‐Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the appropriateness of chemotherapy use at the Oncology Department of the Bugando Medical Centre of Mwanza, Tanzania. METHODS: The study was an observational prevalence‐based study designed to evaluate a single‐chemotherapy cycle during a defined time period for a cross‐secti...

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Autores principales:	Serra, Patrizia, Katabalo, Deogratias M., Masalu, Nestory, Amadori, Dino, Bugingo, Salustia, Foca, Flavia, Bravaccini, Sara, Donati, Caterina, Bucchi, Lauro, Masini, Carla
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
Materias:	Clinical Cancer Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6943087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31721474 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2672

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