This position statement has been formulated by nurses from the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) to provide guidance on the provision of nurse-led chemotherapy review clinics for adult patients.
For the purposes of this statement, a nurse-led chemotherapy clinic is defined as one that conducts formal review (in a consultation room) before the decision to proceed and prescribe the next cycle of chemotherapy. This statement does not address the toxicity checks that take place immediately prior to the administration of chemotherapy, although many of the same principles will apply to both settings.
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; Clinical Risk and Practice Development, Healthcare at Home, Bristol, UK; North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust (Carlisle & Whitehaven), Cumbria, UK; Greater Midlands Cancer Network, Wolverhampton, UK; Borders General Hospital, Melrose, UK; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
Reference: Ecancermedicalscience. 2012;6:263
doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2012.263
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