Evaluation of a Webinar for Pharmacists Learning Basic Clinical-Oncology during COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.

It is essential for oncology pharmacists to update their knowledge, skills, and ethical attitudes. The Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Oncology is an academic society for healthcare professionals involved in cancer treatment. It has conducted in-person seminars every year to cultivate the knowledge necessary for practicing advanced cancer medicine.

Evaluation of a web-based educational programme for pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

What Is Known And Objective: Continuing education is essential for pharmacists to acquire and maintain the knowledge, skills, and ethical attitudes necessary for clinical practice. However, with the emergence of COVID-19, the social circumstances and face-to-face learning environments have changed. The objectives of this study were to determine Japanese pharmacists' perception of a web-based educational programme in oncology, and assess changes in their understanding of pharmaceutical care in oncology before and after their participation in the webinar.

Risk factors for febrile neutropenia in neoadjuvant docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy for esophageal cancer.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the incidence and explore the risk factors of febrile neutropenia (FN) in patients with esophageal cancer receiving neoadjuvant docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (DCF) chemotherapy in real-world settings.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed clinical data of 128 consecutive patients with esophageal cancer. Specifically, these patients underwent neoadjuvant DCF chemotherapy with prophylactic antibiotic administration at our institution between July 2009 and January 2015.