Rashida Muhammad Umar
Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey
Title: Comprehensive medication management in Oncology patients
Biography
Biography: Rashida Muhammad Umar
Abstract
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally with increasing prevalence. Treatment in cancer patients is complicated as it obliges the use of drugs with narrow therapeutic window and high toxicity to treat cancer, in addition to supportive care medications to treat disease-related and therapy complications and also comorbidities. As such cancer patients are prone to drug-related problems. Comprehensive medication management (CMM) is defined by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy as “the standard of care that ensures each patient's medication (including non-prescription drugs, traditional and alternative therapies and supplements) are individually assessed to determine that each medication is appropriate for the patient, effective for the medical condition, safe given to comorbidities and other medications are taken, and able to be taken by the patient as intended”.