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Corbett M, Heirs M, Rose M, et al. The delivery of chemotherapy at home: an evidence synthesis. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2015 Apr. (Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 3.14.)

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Appendix 2Studies which investigated only one setting

Home studies (single setting)

Alfieri P, Bertocchi M, Petocchi B, Torelli G, Favale E. Intravenous chemotherapy at home in hematology patients: a report from the A.I.L. hematology home care service in Modena. Haematologica 2009;94:179.

Anderson H, Addington-Hall JM, Peake MD, McKendrick J, Keane K, Thatcher N. Domiciliary chemotherapy with gemcitabine is safe and acceptable to advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients: results of a feasibility study. Br J Cancer 2003;89:2190–6.

Bassot V, Brasnu D, Lacau-St-Guily J, Fabre A, Menard M, Jacquillat C, et al. [Chemotherapy at home. A new methodology.] Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac 1986;103:77–81.

Brown DF, Muirhead MJ, Travis PM, Vire SR, Weller J, Hauer-Jensen M. Mode of chemotherapy does not affect complications with an implantable venous access device. Cancer 1997;80:966–72.

Butler MC. Families’ responses to chemotherapy by an ambulatory infusion pump . . . at home. Nurs Clin North Am 1984;19:139–44.

Chen JT, Ida K, Hasumi K, Masubuchi K. [Maintenance of housewife activity and the quality of familiar interactions by home continuous infusion chemotherapy in patients with recurrent gynecological cancer.] Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1991;18:2517–22.

Close P, Burkey E, Kazak A, Danz P, Lange B. A prospective, controlled evaluation of home chemotherapy for children with cancer. Pediatrics 1995;95:896–900.

Crisp N. Chemotherapy at home: keeping patients in their ‘natural habitat’. Ph.D. thesis. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta; 2010.

D’Andrea B, Belliveau D, Birmingham J, Cooper D. High-dose chemotherapy followed by stem cell transplant: the clinic/home care experience. J Care Manag 1997;3:46–52.

Dahan M, Paule B, Vordos D, Larre S, Salomon L, Yiou R, et al. [Home hospitalisation in urological cancer: assessment of the first 5 years and a satisfaction survey.] Prog Urol 2007;17:855–9.

DeMoss CJ. Giving intravenous chemotherapy at home. Am J Nurs 1980;80:2188–9.

Frohmüller S, Schlag P, Leucht R, Ophof J, Ruoff G. [Oncologic therapy at home: a trial model.] Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 1989;114:1055–8.

Guillevic S, Comont T, Khalifa J, Recher C, Adoue D, Ollier S, et al. Home azacitidine administration in high risk myelodysplastic syndromes: favorable results of a pilot study in 48 patients. Blood 2011;118:749.

Hansson H, Kjaergaard H, Johansen C, Hallström I, Christensen J, Madsen M, et al. Hospital-based home care for children with cancer: feasibility and psychosocial impact on children and their families. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013;60:865–72.

Harrison DE, Fitch MI. Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre Home Oncology Model Evaluation (H.O.M.E.) pilot program. Can Oncol Nurs J 1995;5:85–92.

Hooker L, Kohler J. Safety, efficacy, and acceptability of home intravenous therapy administered by parents of pediatric oncology patients. Med Pediatr Oncol 1999;32:421–6.

Jayabose S, Escobedo V, Tugal O, Nahaczewski A, Donohue P, Fuentes V, et al. Home chemotherapy for children with cancer. Cancer 1992;69:574–9.

Joo EH, Rha SY, Ahn JB, Kang HY. Economic and patient-reported outcomes of outpatient home-based versus inpatient hospital-based chemotherapy for patients with colorectal cancer. Support Care Cancer 2011;19:971–8.

Lange BJ, Burroughs B, Meadows AT, Burkey E. Home care involving methotrexate infusions for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr 1988;112:492–5.

Lashlee M, O’Hanlon Curry J. Pediatric home chemotherapy: infusing ‘quality of life’. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs 2007;24:294–8.

Lewden-Bernadac B, Courant-Menanteau M, Perrocheau G, Barbarot V, Thomare P. [Outpatient chemotherapy and oncology network: Onco Pays-de-la-Loire experiment.] Bull Cancer 2008;95:543–9.

Liston B, Meenaghan T, Wilson H. Home chemotherapy service from University College Hospital Galway. EJHP Pract 2009;15:45.

Lüthi F, Fucina N, Divorne N, Santos-Eggimann B, Currat-Zweifel C, Rollier P, et al. Home care – a safe and attractive alternative to inpatient administration of intensive chemotherapies. Support Care Cancer 2012;20:575–81.

Midorikawa Y, Suzuki K, Kasuga T, Takemura A. [Our outpatient cases for home anti-cancer chemotherapy.] Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2005;32(Suppl. 1):1–3.

Oakley C, Wright E, Ream E. The experiences of patients and nurses with a nurse-led peripherally inserted central venous catheter line service. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2000;4:207–18.

Ranuzzi M. Home-care in advanced breast cancer: results in 144 patients. Ann Oncol 2009;20:ii69.

Ranuzzi M, Taddei A, Brunetti S, Gentile S, Vercelloni R, Scarpati S. 10 years experience in home-care with cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 2009;17:973.

Raphael R, Yves D, Giselle C, Magali M, Odile CM. Cancer treatment at home or in the hospital: what are the costs for French public health insurance? Findings of a comprehensive-cancer centre. Health Policy 2005;72:141–8.

Richardson J, Townsend C, Holland D. Outreach Clinics, Ipswich, Anglia Cancer Network. A patient Survey of a Nurse-Led Outreach Service. URL: www.ukchemotherapypartnership.org.uk/service_models/closer_to_home (retrieved 21 November 2013).

Sato K, Takahashi T, Ashikaga K, Hanyu N, Aoiki T. [Clinical study of home hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for liver metastasis from colorectal cancer.] Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1996;23(Suppl. 3):252–5.

Sawada K, Sawada M, Suzuki Y, Nakamura M. [Experience of cancer home chemotherapy with cooperation between hospital and clinic.] Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1998;25(Suppl. 4):625–30.

Sawada K, Tan M, Kanno M, Saitou K, Oikawa K, Shibuya S, et al. [Home chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis.] Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1994;21(Suppl. 4):463–9.

Schlag P, Feil H, Ruoff G, Hohenberger P, Hölting T, Buhl K. [Home treatment of cancer: experiences with ambulatory intra-arterial chemotherapy of liver metastases.] Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1987;117:1342–6.

Taylor H, Ireland J, Duggan C, Bates I. Home chemotherapy – a feasibility study. Br J Home Healthcare 2007;3:4–5.

Watty K, White MA, Matthews JP, Buchanan L, Clarke JL, Sulkowski AJ, et al. There’s no place like home: a prospective evaluation of chemotherapy in the home. Aus J Cancer Nurs 2003;4:18.

Yamada M, Hasegawa A, Matsuura C, Chen JT. [A study of quality of life for cancer chemotherapy patients: a comparison between hospital treatment and home treatment.] Kango Kenkyu 1997;30:425–34.

Community studies (single setting)

Bakker DA, DesRochers C, McChesney C, Fitch M, Bennett J. Community cancer clinics: patients’ perspectives. Support Care Cancer 2001;9:234–40.

Gordon J, Gruber M. An innovative off-campus infusion suite designed to improve experiences of patients with cancer. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2012;16:354–9.

Iredale R, Hilgart J, Hayward J. Patient perceptions of a mobile cancer support unit in South Wales. Eur J Cancer Care 2011;20:555–60.

Turner C, Pateman B. A study of district nurses’ experiences of continuous ambulatory chemotherapy. Br J Community Nurs 2000;5:396–400.

Outpatient studies (single setting, with qualitative outcomes)

Hjörleifsdóttir E, Hallberg IR, Gunnarsdóttir ED, Bolmsjö IA. Living with cancer and perception of care: Icelandic oncology outpatients, a qualitative study. Support Care Cancer 2008;16:515–24.

McIlfatrick S, Sullivan K, McKenna H, Parahoo K. Patients’ experiences of having chemotherapy in a day hospital setting. J Adv Nurs 2007;59:264–73.

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