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Kataria et al. Day care unit in radiation oncology

Figure 1: Reason-Reason for admission, Sx-Post surgery, GA-General anaesthesia, support-Supportive care, CT-Patient on concurrent
Chemotherapy by medical oncology, Met-Treated for metastasis, Local/Distant-Measure of daily travel by patient; RT start-starting of
radiation therapy. Procedure: minor invasive procedures
The day care unit remains the heart of our on- Conflicts of interest
treatment patient coordination activities for several There are no conflicts of interest.
reasons. The unit helps provide personalized care to
each patient in each visit, and offers suggestions for Patient consent
patient health problems. It also provides supportive Patient consent was obtained from the patients.
care to patients in the form of IV fluids and injectable
analgesics, under supervision. The day care unit also Ethics approval
provides specialized procedures like brachytherapy This article does not contain any intervention with
and recovery from short-term anaesthesia. human participants or animals.

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