J Buon
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Cancer therapy is a costly treatment. Costs of drugs used in cancer therapy are gradually increasing with the addition of new and expensive drugs. This fact imposes obligation on reasonable drug usage. Occasionally, all of the prescribed drugs are not used for various reasons, and a number of drugs can be left over. In this study, we aimed to calculate the costs of unused chemotherapeutic drugs in our oncology clinics. ⋯ The important financial burden of unused drugs goes unrecognized among routine chemotherapeutic applications. In order to be able to avoid this extravagance, drug industry, prescribing physicians, and practice nurses must assume important roles.