RESUMO
In summary, cancer programs across the country have been developing since 1975. A more formal organizational structure has been adopted to program activities since 1980. The full-time Cancer Program Administrator position exists in about one-third of the programs reporting. Persons occupying the position are at least bachelors degreed with many also having a masters degree. Strengths, weaknesses, and obstacles to program development are basically the same items across the country. It appears that programs that have one problem resolved are still working towards the solution of another problem and vice versa among programs. All programs are struggling for identity within the hospital and are in developmental stages with a lot of activity focused on clarifying the position of an organized cancer program within the hospital organization.
Assuntos
Institutos de Câncer/organização & administração , Hospitais Comunitários/organização & administração , Hospitais Especializados/organização & administração , Neoplasias/terapia , Unidades Hospitalares/organização & administração , Humanos , Diretores Médicos , Salários e Benefícios , Estados UnidosAssuntos
Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Cisplatino/efeitos adversos , Dexametasona/uso terapêutico , Náusea/prevenção & controle , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Vômito/prevenção & controle , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Cisplatino/administração & dosagem , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Difenidramina/uso terapêutico , Método Duplo-Cego , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Humanos , Metoclopramida/uso terapêutico , Náusea/induzido quimicamente , Distribuição Aleatória , Vômito/induzido quimicamenteRESUMO
The majority of cancer patients are diagnosed and treated in their local communities, making it imperative to upgrade cancer management at the community level. The Clinical Oncology Program has demonstrated that sophisticated cancer control programs are possible in a community setting. Moreover, if "quality of survival" data collection is included in such programs, valuable information emerges that can further improve cancer management in the community.