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Errors with Orally Administered Chemotherapy Medication in Children

2:08 | Family Medicine, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics

Douglas S. Hawkins, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle WA, discusses errors with orally administered chemotherapy medication in children.

References and Resources
Taylor JA, Winter L, Geyer LJ, Hawkins DS. Oral outpatient chemotherapy medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer. 2006 Sep 15;107(6):1400-6.

Parsad SD, Ratain MJ. Prescribing oral chemotherapy. BMJ. 2007 Feb 24;334(7590):376.

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