Abstract

Raghavendra A. G., A. Vikneswari*, Abhijith Varghese, Eldho Steephan, Shinjitha T. Venkatesh N.

ABSTRACT

Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases, characterised by uncontrolled cellular growth, local tissue invasion, and distant metastases. It is second only to cardiovascular disease as a cause of mortality in world wide. Chemotherapy involves the use of pharmacological agents to kill tumor cells. Present study had been conducted to evaluate prescribing pattern of anticancer drugs. A retrospective study was conducted in the cancer centre of MIMS Mandya over a period of 6 months. Records of patients undergoing chemotherapy were included in the study. Out of 108 enrolled patients, majority were female (95,87.96%) and in the age group of 50-70 years (63, 5834%). Among various cancers breast cancer (86, 79.63%) found most commonly reported, followed by lung cancer (8, 7.4%) and ovarian cancer (5, 4.625). Anthracycline antibiotics (95, 87.5%) and 5-FU (87, 80.5%) were most commonly prescribed anticancer drugs. To prevent or manage Anthracycline adverse effects of chemotherapy, dexamethasone, ondansetron and ranitidine were used as palliative therapy.