Issue 10/2013
Content (34 Articles)
Printed guide improves knowledge of curative, palliative, and hospice care among women with metastatic breast cancer
Dena Schulman-Green, Sangchoon Jeon
Congruence in symptom assessment between hepatocellular carcinoma patients and their primary family caregivers in China
Xiang-yan Liu, Jie Shen, Zhi-xia Ye, Juan Li, Wen-ting Cao, Chen Hu, Yan Xu
The effect of a supersaturated calcium phosphate mouth rinse on the development of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients treated with (chemo)radiation
Maarten Lambrecht, Carole Mercier, Yasmyne Geussens, Sandra Nuyts
Best supportive care in patients with brain metastases and adverse prognostic factors: development of improved decision aids
Carsten Nieder, Jan Norum, Astrid Dalhaug, Gro Aandahl, Kirsten Engljähringer
Docetaxel-induced skin toxicities in breast cancer patients subsequent to paclitaxel shortage: a case series and literature review
Ming J. Poi, Michael Berger, Maryam Lustberg, Rachel Layman, Charles L. Shapiro, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, Ewa Mrozek, Erin Olson, Robert Wesolowski
Characterization of the Yoshida sarcoma: a model of cancer cachexia
Mary Ann Honors, Kimberly P. Kinzig
A Pan-Canadian practice guideline: prevention, screening, assessment, and treatment of sleep disturbances in adults with cancer
Doris Howell, Thomas K. Oliver, Sue Keller-Olaman, Judith Davidson, Sheila Garland, Charles Samuels, Josée Savard, Cheryl Harris, Michèle Aubin, Karin Olson, Jonathan Sussman, James MacFarlane, Claudette Taylor
Developing competencies for multidisciplinary hospice and palliative care professionals in Korea
Jina Kang, Yeol Kim, Yang Suk Yoo, Jin Young Choi, Su Jin Koh, Hyun Jung Jho, Youn Seon Choi, Jeanno Park, Do Ho Moon, Do Yeun Kim, Yun Jung, Won Chul Kim, Seung Hee Lim, Seung Joo Hwang, Sang Ok Choe, Desiree Jones
Social support provided by and strain experienced by African-American cancer caregivers
Dexter L. Cooper, Barbara D. Powe, Tenbroeck Smith
Full-dose chemotherapy in early stage breast cancer regardless of absolute neutrophil count and without G-CSF does not increase chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia
James A. Chiarotto, George Dranitsaris
Substantially elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), together with low levels of procalcitonin (PCT), contributes to diagnosis of fungal infection in immunocompromised patients
Markéta Marková, Helena Brodská, Karin Malíčková, Veronika Válková, Petr Cetkovský, Michal Kolář, Martin Haluzík
Administration of intravenous iron complexes on implantable central venous access port in cancer patients in France: the FERPAC survey
Nicolas Janus, Florian Scotte, Jean-Baptiste Rey, Sabine Amet, Laurence Rouillon, Lorraine Zakin, Lamine Mahi, Gilbert Deray, Vincent Launay-Vacher
Struggling with food and eating—life after major upper gastrointestinal surgery
Sharon Carey, Rachel Laws, Suzie Ferrie, Jane Young, Margaret Allman-Farinelli
Development and preliminary validation of a risk prediction model for chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting
A. Molassiotis, Z. Stamataki, E. Kontopantelis
Key factors impacting on diagnosis and treatment for vulvar cancer for Indigenous women: findings from Australia
Pam McGrath, Nicole Rawson
Sublingually administered scopolamine for nausea in terminally ill cancer patients
Kengo Imai, Masayuki Ikenaga, Tomoyuki Kodama, Seitetsu Kanemura, Keiko Tamura, Tatsuya Morita
Effect of netupitant, a highly selective NK1 receptor antagonist, on the pharmacokinetics of midazolam, erythromycin, and dexamethasone
Corinna Lanzarotti, Giorgia Rossi
Dental students’ knowledge of characteristics and management of oral complications of cancer therapy
Esin Alpöz, Pelin Güneri, Joel B. Epstein, Hülya Çankaya, Damir Osmic, Hayal Boyacıoğlu
Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among family caregivers of cancer patients: a nationwide survey of patient–family caregiver dyads in Korea
Boyoung Park, So Young Kim, Ji-Yeon Shin, Robert W. Sanson-Fisher, Dong Wook Shin, Juhee Cho, Jong-Hyock Park
FIT false-positives in colorectal cancer screening experience psychological distress up to 6 weeks after colonoscopy
M. J. Denters, M. Deutekom, M. L. Essink-Bot, P. M. Bossuyt, P. Fockens, E. Dekker
Octreotide prescribing patterns in the palliation of symptomatic inoperable malignant bowel obstruction patients at a single US academic hospital
Michael Hwang, Rosene Pirrello, Minya Pu, Karen Messer, Eric Roeland
Pretreatment weight status and weight loss among head and neck cancer patients receiving definitive concurrent chemoradiation therapy: implications for nutrition integrated treatment pathways
Mary E. Platek, Elizabeth Myrick, Susan A. McCloskey, Vishal Gupta, Mary E. Reid, Gregory E. Wilding, David Cohan, Hassan Arshad, Nestor R. Rigual, Wesley L. Hicks Jr., Maureen Sullivan, Graham W. Warren, Anurag K. Singh
Cognitive interviewing of bereaved relatives to improve the measurement of health outcomes and care utilisation at the end of life in a mortality followback survey
Barbara Gomes, Paul McCrone, Sue Hall, Julia Riley, Jonathan Koffman, Irene J. Higginson
Pilot study on the efficacy of an ondansetron- versus palonosetron-containing antiemetic regimen prior to highly emetogenic chemotherapy
Candice M. Wenzell, Michael J. Berger, Marlo A. Blazer, Brooke S. Crawford, Niesha L. Griffith, Robert Wesolowski, Maryam B. Lustberg, Gary S. Phillips, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, Ewa Mrozek, Joseph M. Flynn, Charles L. Shapiro, Rachel M. Layman
Association of health-related quality of life with gender in patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Chris L. Pashos, Christopher R. Flowers, Neil E. Kay, Mark Weiss, Nicole Lamanna, Charles Farber, Susan Lerner, Jeff Sharman, David Grinblatt, Ian W. Flinn, Mark Kozloff, Arlene S. Swern, Thomas K. Street, Kristen A. Sullivan, Gale Harding, Zeba M. Khan
Incidence and predictors of febrile neutropenia during chemotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer
Yukinori Takenaka, Hironori Cho, Masashi Yamamoto, Susumu Nakahara, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Hidenori Inohara
Assessment of long-term rectal function in patients who received pelvic radiotherapy: a pooled North Central Cancer Treatment Group trial analysis, N09C1
Lindsay C. Brown, Pamela J. Atherton, Michelle A. Neben-Wittich, Donald B. Wender, Robert J. Behrens, Timothy F. Kozelsky, Charles L. Loprinzi, Michael G. Haddock, James A. Martenson
Effect of netupitant, a highly selective NK1 receptor antagonist, on the pharmacokinetics of palonosetron and impact of the fixed dose combination of netupitant and palonosetron when coadministered with ketoconazole, rifampicin, and oral contraceptives
Selma Calcagnile, Corinna Lanzarotti, Giorgia Rossi, Anders Henriksson, Klaus Peter Kammerer, Wolfgang Timmer
Issues of ovarian cancer survivors in the USA: a literature review
Katrina F. Trivers, Jennifer Rees Patterson, Katherine B. Roland, Juan L. Rodriguez
Cancer-related fatigue in the elderly
A. Giacalone, D. Quitadamo, E. Zanet, M. Berretta, M. Spina, U. Tirelli
What is the evidence for the use of acupuncture as an intervention for symptom management in cancer supportive and palliative care: an integrative overview of reviews
P. Towler, A. Molassiotis, S. G. Brearley
Clinical experience with Zarzio® in Europe: what have we learned?
Pere Gascón, Hans Tesch, Karl Verpoort, Maria Sofia Rosati, Nello Salesi, Samir Agrawal, Nils Wilking, Helen Barker, Michael Muenzberg, Matthew Turner
Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of acute and late radiation reactions from the MASCC Skin Toxicity Study Group
Rebecca K. S. Wong, René-Jean Bensadoun, Christine B. Boers-Doets, Jane Bryce, Alexandre Chan, Joel B. Epstein, Beth Eaby-Sandy, Mario E. Lacouture
Erratum to: ICF, quality of life, and depression in breast cancer: perceived disability in disease-free women 6 months after mastectomy
Anna Giardini, Camilla Pisoni, Ines Giorgi, Veronica Borelli, Elisabetta Scoccia, Giuseppina Majani