Supportive Care in Cancer

9th International MASCC Symposium Supportive Care in Cancer, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 26 February–1 March 1997

Dyspnea and cancer: Support in agonizing conditions

P. Drings

Supportive care news

F. Stiefel

Palliative care in Denmark

Helle Gamborg, Lisbet Due Madsen

Meeting patients' information needs beyond the year 2000

M. H. N. Tattersall, P. N. Butow, P. M. Ellis

Pulmonary infections mimicking cancer: A retrospective, three-year review

Kenneth V. I. Rolston, Saul Rodriguez, Nizar Dholakia, Estella Whimbey, Issam Raad

Dyspnea: Assessment and treatment

Margaret Farncombe

Current applications of health-related quality-of-life assessment in oncology

David Osoba

Alternatives to the QALY measure for economic evaluations

Amiram Gafni

Are quality of life, patient preferences, and costs realistic outcomes for clinical trials?

James J. Rusthoven

Tak tent

Ali Montazeri, Charles R. Gillis, James McEwen

Treatment of cancer chemotherapy-induced toxicity with the pineal hormone melatonin

P. Lissoni, G. Tancini, S. Barni, F. Paolorossi, A. Ardizzoia, A. Conti, G. Maestroni

Serum levels of tumour necrosis factor alpha and other cytokines do not correlate with weight loss and anorexia in cancer patients

Marco Maltoni, Laura Fabbri, Oriana Nanni, Emanuela Scarpi, Laura Pezzi, Emanuela Flamini, Angela Riccobon, Stefania Derni, Gualtiero Pallotti, Dino Amadori

Scalp cooling in the prevention of alopecia in patients receiving depilating chemotherapy

I. G. Ron, Y. Kalmus, Z. Kalmus, M. Inbar, S. Chaitchik

Changes in self-concept and body image during alopecia induced cancer chemotherapy

K. Münstedt, N. Manthey, S. Sachsse, H. Vahrson

First general assembly of the Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine, Sapporo,Japan, 25–26 July 1996

Kenji Eguchi

Forthcoming meetings

9th International MASCC Symposium Supportive Care in Cancer, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 26 February–1 March 1997