An Attempt of Team Medical Treatment by Pharmaceutical Care in Surgical Wards

Abstract

It is assumed that national hospital has a responsibility in cancer treatments as one of policy-based medical services. A new systematic approach for the administration of cancer treatment was developed to improve clinical pharmaceutical services by introducing pharmaceutical care in cancer surgical wards.
This treatment approach was based on recent similar treatment programs in the U.S.A. regarding cancer pain control, pharmacological nutritive management, the monitoring of adverse reactions due to cancer chemotherapy and evaluation of order-made cancer chemotherapy by a team from Osaka University Hospital.
A data analysis based on previous scientific research including order-made cancer chemotherapy with pharmacists as leaders could improve the overall medical treatment performed by such teams.