Table 3 Chemotherapy prescriptions according to medical indication and body surface area.
From: Body surface area capping may not improve cytotoxic drugs tolerance
Department | BSA ≤ 2 m2 | BSA > 2 m2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Medical oncology (N = 41,773) | 37,493 | 89.75 | 4280 | 10.25 |
BSA > 2 | ||||
m2 (N = 4280) | ||||
Capped doses | – | – | 3386 | 79.1 |
Uncapped doses | – | – | 894 | 20.9 |
Hematology (N = 9406) | 7951 | 84.53 | 1455 | 15.47 |
BSA > 2 | ||||
m2 (N = 1455) | ||||
Capped doses | – | – | 319 | 21.9 |
Uncapped | – | – | 1136 | 78 |
