Experience with chemotherapy at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Tsuji, Y.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 29(Suppl 3): 475-478
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 12536833 Document Number: 546697
Thanks to a scholarship of the French government, in 2000 I had the possibility to work at the Medical Oncology Service (Professor D. Khayat) of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France as an intern for 9 months. I describe the use of chemotherapy in France based on my experience. Chemotherapy for solid tumors is provided mainly on an outpatient basis. In the case of inpatients, the period is very short. The program works because of the patients' way of thinking, good supportive care, and a well-constructed visiting nursing system. Especially, administration of steroids, G-CSF and erythropoietin as a secondary prevention for myelosuppresion seemed very effective. This system would be helpful for chemotherapy provided on an outpatient basis in Japan.