Safe chemotherapy and hormone therapy for treating early breast cancer in a glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient patient: case report.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of neoplasia-related deaths among women, but no data are available in the literature on the safe use of oncological treatments in glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient patients. This case report describes, for the first time, the treatment of a G6PD-deficient woman diagnosed with breast cancer who underwent adjuvant treatment after quadrantectomy and axillary node dissection. After conservative surgery, many patients require adjuvant treatment with hormone therapy (HT) and/or chemotherapy.

Quality for home palliative care: an Italian metropolitan multicentre JCI-certified model.

Background: Assessing the quality of care and service delivery through the analysis of ad hoc indicators is a relevant process for quality monitoring and improvement with a view to providing patients, the community and administrators alike with appropriate elements of evaluation. This paper describes the key results of a certification process based on the Joint Commission International (JCI) criteria for the home hospitalisation model implemented by the palliative care units of seven Milan hospitals for terminally ill patients with cancer.

Methods: In 2006, the interhospital working team implemented a certification project based on the JCI Disease or Condition-Specific Care (DSCS) programme.

Quality for home palliative care: an Italian metropolitan multicentre JCI-certified model.

Background: Assessing the quality of care and service delivery through the analysis of ad hoc indicators is a relevant process for quality monitoring and improvement with a view to providing patients, the community and administrators alike with appropriate elements of evaluation. This paper describes the key results of a certification process based on the Joint Commission International (JCI) criteria for the home hospitalisation model implemented by the palliative care units of seven Milan hospitals for terminally ill patients with cancer.

Methods: In 2006, the interhospital working team implemented a certification project based on the JCI Disease or Condition-Specific Care (DSCS) programme.

Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in cancer patients treated with Bisphosphonates: how the knowledge of a phenomenon can change its evolution.

Goals Of The Work: Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a severe complication of bisphosphonates treatment. Bisphosphonates reduce skeletal adverse events and give a clinical benefit to cancer patients. Therefore, it is necessary to identify appropriate procedures to reduce ONJ injures by using a successful monitoring program.