The effect of accessibility to drugs on outcome of therapy in patients with malignant lymphoma.

Objective: To determine the compliance rate, reasons for default and factors affecting compliance.

Patients And Methods: A prospective study of patients with malignant lymphoma (ML) at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. A total of 190 patients on chemotherapy for ML were followed up for between 6 and 18 months during study period (1995-2003).