From: A pilot study on the impact of known drug-drug interactions in cancer patients
Number of patients: 64 |
Setting: day care ambulatory |
Performance status (ecog): ≤ 2 |
Median age: 68 years |
Sex: |
- Men 31 % |
- Women 69 % |
Type of tumors: |
- Breast cancer 43 % |
- Colorectal tumors 27 % |
- Head and neck tumors 18 % |
- Others 12 % |
Concomitant disease: (average number 2) |
- Cardiovascular disease 41 % |
- Diabetes 26 % |
- Depression 13 % |
Number of medications: (average number 7) |
- 2 metabolized by p-450 cyp |