Oncology pharmacy units: a safety policy for handling hazardous drugs and related waste in low- and middle-income African countries—Angolan experience
Open Access
- 1 September 2015
- journal article
- Published by Ecancer Global Foundation in ecancermedicalscience
Abstract
In African countries, higher rates of late-stage cancers at the time of first diagnosis are a reality. In this context, hazardous drugs (HDs), such as chemotherapy, play an important role and have immense benefits for patients’ treatment.Keywords
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