BCCA Cancer Drug Manual

The information in this manual is presented to assist health care professionals caring for cancer patients undergoing treatment with cytotoxics, hormones or biological response modifiers.  It is designed primarily for pharmacists and nurses in general practice, and may also be of interest to the family physician who is treating a patient in consultation with an oncologist.  Efforts have been made to include information specific to the use of these drugs in the child with cancer.

Because of the nature of individual drug monographs, this manual does not deal with therapeutics.  For treatment decisions, the reader is referred to the protocol by which the patient is being treated, to the British Columbia Cancer Agency's Cancer Management Manual and to the most current literature.

The monographs were written, reviewed and edited by pharmacists practicing in oncology settings, and have been reviewed by oncologists and an oncology nurse clinician.  Feedback, positive or critical, from users of the manual is welcomed.

James Conklin, BSc(Pharm)
Acting Editor, Cancer Drug Manual

Cancer Drug Manual©2009