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1. Bedell CH. A changing paradigm for cancer treatment: the advent of new oral chemotherapy agents. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(6 Suppl):5-9.

2. Birner A. Safe administration of oral chemotherapy. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(2):158-62.

3. Bonnabry P, Cingria L, Ackermann M, Sadeghipour F, Bigler L, Mach N. Use of a prospective risk analysis method to improve the safety of the cancer chemotherapy process. Int J Qual Health Care 2006;18(1):9-16.

4. Chen CS, Seidel K, Armitage JO, et al. Safeguarding the administration of high-dose chemotherapy: a national practice survey by the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 1997;3(6):331-40.

5. Cook RI. Lessons from the war on cancer: The need for basic research on safety. J Patient Saf 2005;1(1):7-8.

6. Erdlenbruch B, Lakomek M, Bjerre LM. Editorial: chemotherapy errors in oncology. Med Pediatr Oncol 2002;38(5):353-6.

7. Fischer DS, Alfano S, Knobf MT, Donovan C, Beaulieu N. Improving the cancer chemotherapy use process. J Clin Oncol 1996;14(12):3148-55.

8. Gandhi TK, Bartel SB, Shulman LN, et al. Medication safety in the ambulatory chemotherapy setting. Cancer 2005;104(11):2477-83.

9. Griffin E. Safety considerations and safe handling of oral chemotherapy agents. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(6 Suppl):25-9.

10. Hartigan K. Patient education: the cornerstone of successful oral chemotherapy treatment. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(6 Suppl):21-4.

11. Hollywood E, Semple D. Nursing strategies for patients on oral chemotherapy. Oncology (Williston Park) 2001;15(1 Suppl 2):37-9; discussion 40.

12. Ignoffo RJ. Preventing chemotherapy errors. Am J Health Syst Pharm 1996;53(7):733.

13. Kim GR, Chen AR, Arceci RJ, et al. Error reduction in pediatric chemotherapy: computerized order entry and failure modes and effects analysis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2006;160(5):495-8.

14. Klein EE, Drzymala RE, Purdy JA, Michalski J. Errors in radiation oncology: a study in pathways and dosimetric impact. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2005;6(3):81-94.

15. Ko C, Chaudhry S. The need for a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care. The Journal of surgical research 2002;105(1):53-7.

16. Kozakiewicz JM, Benis LJ, Fisher SM, Marseglia JB. Safe chemotherapy administration: using failure mode and effects analysis in computerized prescriber order entry. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005;62(17):1813-6.

17. Ladewski LA, Belknap SM, Nebeker JR, et al. Dissemination of information on potentially fatal adverse drug reactions for cancer drugs from 2000 to 2002: first results from the research on adverse drug events and reports project. J Clin Oncol 2003;21(20):3859-66.

18. Loughrey GJ, Carrington BM, Anderson H, Dobson MJ, Lo Ying Ping F. The value of specialist oncological radiology review of cross-sectional imaging. Clin Radiol 1999;54(3):149-54; discussion 54-5.

19. Moore S. Facilitating oral chemotherapy treatment and compliance through patient/family-focused education. Cancer Nurs 2007;30(2):112-22; quiz 23-4.

20. Muller T. Typical medication errors in oncology: analysis and prevention strategies. Onkologie 2003;26(6):539-44.

21. Norton PG, Baker GR. Patient safety in cancer care: a time for action. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007;99(8):579-80.

22. Ostrom LT, Rathbun P, Cumberlin R, Horton J, Gastorf R, Leahy TJ. Lessons learned from investigations of therapy misadministration events. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1996;34(1):227-34.

23. Raab SS, Grzybicki DM, Janosky JE, et al. Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses. Cancer 2005;104(10):2205-13.

24. Riechelmann RP, Moreira F, Smaletz O, Saad ED. Potential for drug interactions in hospitalized cancer patients. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2005;56(3):286-90.

25. Riechelmann RP, Saad ED. A systematic review on drug interactions in oncology. Cancer Invest 2006;24(7):704-12.

26. Riechelmann RP, Tannock IF, Wang L, Saad ED, Taback NA, Krzyzanowska MK. Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007;99(8):592-600.

27. Rinke ML, Shore AD, Morlock L, Hicks RW, Miller MR. Characteristics of pediatric chemotherapy medication errors in a national error reporting database. Cancer 2007;110(1):186-95.

28. Robinson DL, Heigham M, Clark J. Using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for safe administration of chemotherapy to hospitalized children with cancer. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2006;32(3):161-6.

29. Sano HS, Waddell JA, Solimando DA, Jr., Doulaveris P, Myhand R. Study of the effect of standardized chemotherapy order forms on prescribing errors and anti-emetic cost. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2005;11(1):21-30.

30. Schulmeister L. Preventing chemotherapy dose and schedule errors. Clin J Oncol Nurs 1997;1(3):79-85.

31. Schulmeister L. Ten simple strategies to prevent chemotherapy errors. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2005;9(2):201-5.

32. Schulmeister L. Preventing chemotherapy errors. Oncologist 2006;11(5):463-8.

33. Surbone A, Rowe M, Gallagher TH. Confronting medical errors in oncology and disclosing them to cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 2007;25(12):1463-7.

34. Taylor JA, Winter L, Geyer LJ, Hawkins DS. Oral outpatient chemotherapy medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer 2006;107(6):1400-6.

35. Teich JM, Schmiz JL, O'Connell EM, Fanikos J, Marks PW, Shulman LN. An information system to improve the safety and efficiency of chemotherapy ordering. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp 1996:498-502.

36. Trinkle R, Wu JK. Errors involving pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy: a literature review. Med Pediatr Oncol 1996;26(5):344-51.

37. van Tilburg CM, Leistikow IP, Rademaker CM, Bierings MB, van Dijk AT. Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward. Qual Saf Health Care 2006;15(1):58-63.

38. Weingart SN, Flug J, Brouillard D, et al. Oral chemotherapy safety practices at US cancer centres: questionnaire survey. Bmj 2007;334(7590):407.

39. Weingart SN, Price J, Duncombe D, et al. Patient-reported safety and quality of care in outpatient oncology. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2007;33(2):83-94.

Publication by year

1. Moore S. Facilitating oral chemotherapy treatment and compliance through patient/family-focused education. Cancer Nurs 2007;30(2):112-22; quiz 23-4.

2. Norton PG, Baker GR. Patient safety in cancer care: a time for action. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007;99(8):579-80.

3. Riechelmann RP, Tannock IF, Wang L, Saad ED, Taback NA, Krzyzanowska MK. Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007;99(8):592-600.

4. Rinke ML, Shore AD, Morlock L, Hicks RW, Miller MR. Characteristics of pediatric chemotherapy medication errors in a national error reporting database. Cancer 2007;110(1):186-95.

5. Surbone A, Rowe M, Gallagher TH. Confronting medical errors in oncology and disclosing them to cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 2007;25(12):1463-7.

6. Weingart SN, Flug J, Brouillard D, et al. Oral chemotherapy safety practices at US cancer centres: questionnaire survey. Bmj 2007;334(7590):407.

7. Weingart SN, Price J, Duncombe D, et al. Patient-reported safety and quality of care in outpatient oncology. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2007;33(2):83-94.

8. Bonnabry P, Cingria L, Ackermann M, Sadeghipour F, Bigler L, Mach N. Use of a prospective risk analysis method to improve the safety of the cancer chemotherapy process. Int J Qual Health Care 2006;18(1):9-16.

9. Kim GR, Chen AR, Arceci RJ, et al. Error reduction in pediatric chemotherapy: computerized order entry and failure modes and effects analysis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2006;160(5):495-8.

10. Riechelmann RP, Saad ED. A systematic review on drug interactions in oncology. Cancer Invest 2006;24(7):704-12.

11. Robinson DL, Heigham M, Clark J. Using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for safe administration of chemotherapy to hospitalized children with cancer. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2006;32(3):161-6.

12. Schulmeister L. Preventing chemotherapy errors. Oncologist 2006;11(5):463-8.

13. Taylor JA, Winter L, Geyer LJ, Hawkins DS. Oral outpatient chemotherapy medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer 2006;107(6):1400-6.

14. van Tilburg CM, Leistikow IP, Rademaker CM, Bierings MB, van Dijk AT. Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward. Qual Saf Health Care 2006;15(1):58-63.

15. Cook RI. Lessons from the war on cancer: The need for basic research on safety. J Patient Saf 2005;1(1):7-8.

16. Gandhi TK, Bartel SB, Shulman LN, et al. Medication safety in the ambulatory chemotherapy setting. Cancer 2005;104(11):2477-83.

17. Klein EE, Drzymala RE, Purdy JA, Michalski J. Errors in radiation oncology: a study in pathways and dosimetric impact. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2005;6(3):81-94.

18. Kozakiewicz JM, Benis LJ, Fisher SM, Marseglia JB. Safe chemotherapy administration: using failure mode and effects analysis in computerized prescriber order entry. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005;62(17):1813-6.

19. Raab SS, Grzybicki DM, Janosky JE, et al. Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses. Cancer 2005;104(10):2205-13.

20. Riechelmann RP, Moreira F, Smaletz O, Saad ED. Potential for drug interactions in hospitalized cancer patients. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2005;56(3):286-90.

21. Sano HS, Waddell JA, Solimando DA, Jr., Doulaveris P, Myhand R. Study of the effect of standardized chemotherapy order forms on prescribing errors and anti-emetic cost. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2005;11(1):21-30.

22. Schulmeister L. Ten simple strategies to prevent chemotherapy errors. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2005;9(2):201-5.

23. Bedell CH. A changing paradigm for cancer treatment: the advent of new oral chemotherapy agents. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(6 Suppl):5-9.

24. Birner A. Safe administration of oral chemotherapy. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(2):158-62.

25. Griffin E. Safety considerations and safe handling of oral chemotherapy agents. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(6 Suppl):25-9.

26. Hartigan K. Patient education: the cornerstone of successful oral chemotherapy treatment. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2003;7(6 Suppl):21-4.

27. Ladewski LA, Belknap SM, Nebeker JR, et al. Dissemination of information on potentially fatal adverse drug reactions for cancer drugs from 2000 to 2002: first results from the research on adverse drug events and reports project. J Clin Oncol 2003;21(20):3859-66.

28. Muller T. Typical medication errors in oncology: analysis and prevention strategies. Onkologie 2003;26(6):539-44.

29. Erdlenbruch B, Lakomek M, Bjerre LM. Editorial: chemotherapy errors in oncology. Med Pediatr Oncol 2002;38(5):353-6.

30. Ko C, Chaudhry S. The need for a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care. The Journal of surgical research 2002;105(1):53-7.

31. Hollywood E, Semple D. Nursing strategies for patients on oral chemotherapy. Oncology (Williston Park) 2001;15(1 Suppl 2):37-9; discussion 40.

32. Loughrey GJ, Carrington BM, Anderson H, Dobson MJ, Lo Ying Ping F. The value of specialist oncological radiology review of cross-sectional imaging. Clin Radiol 1999;54(3):149-54; discussion 54-5.

33. Chen CS, Seidel K, Armitage JO, et al. Safeguarding the administration of high-dose chemotherapy: a national practice survey by the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 1997;3(6):331-40.

34. Schulmeister L. Preventing chemotherapy dose and schedule errors. Clin J Oncol Nurs 1997;1(3):79-85.

35. Fischer DS, Alfano S, Knobf MT, Donovan C, Beaulieu N. Improving the cancer chemotherapy use process. J Clin Oncol 1996;14(12):3148-55.

36. Ignoffo RJ. Preventing chemotherapy errors. Am J Health Syst Pharm 1996;53(7):733.

37. Ostrom LT, Rathbun P, Cumberlin R, Horton J, Gastorf R, Leahy TJ. Lessons learned from investigations of therapy misadministration events. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1996;34(1):227-34.

38. Teich JM, Schmiz JL, O'Connell EM, Fanikos J, Marks PW, Shulman LN. An information system to improve the safety and efficiency of chemotherapy ordering. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp 1996:498-502.

39. Trinkle R, Wu JK. Errors involving pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy: a literature review. Med Pediatr Oncol 1996;26(5):344-51

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As an experienced nurse, Patti Branowicki knew about the physical and emotional turmoil that cancer inflicts on patients. What she didn't know was what it actually felt like to have the disease. That all changed last winter, however, when she was diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer.
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