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Table 1 Total number of chemotherapy cycles before and after protocol modification

From: A pharmacist check of patients’ infection-related condition prior to drug preparation reduces anticancer drug wastage after mixing: a retrospective study

Regimen

Before modification

After modification

P value

Hematological malignancy

1400

1268

< 0.001

Lung and respiratory organs cancer

812

764

 

Gynecologic cancer

543

697

 

Colorectal cancer

289

425

 

Gastric cancer

66

91

 

Esophageal cancer

1441

1254

 

Hepatic, biliary and pancreatic cancer

193

153

 

Head and neck, oral cancer

369

399

 

Pediatric cancer

527

535

 

Osteosarcoma and sarcoma

189

291

 

Breast cancer

7

13

 

Brain cancer

69

43

 

Urological cancer

306

341

 

Skin cancer

22

31

 

Other cancer

20

26

 

Total

6253

6331

 
  1. Data were statistically compared using the chi-squared test