Issue 3/1997
Content (12 Articles)
SUPPORTIVE CARE INTERNATIONAL
Supportive care of cancer patients in Dubai
P. Shetty, Khalil Rizk, Hussein Sadek, Mohammed Abbas, A. Hamza, Aleyamma John
REVIEW ARTICLE
When to treat dehydration in a terminally ill patient?
R. L. Fainsinger, Eduardo Bruera
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The relationship between parameters of serotonin metabolism and emetogenic potential of platinum-based chemotherapy regimens
A. du Bois, Werner Vach, Clemens Siebert, Rolf Holy, Michael Ledergerber, Ulrike Wechsel, Hanna Kriesinger-Schroeder
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Oral dolasetron mesilate (MDL 73,147EF) for the control of emesis during fractionated total-body irradiation and high-dose cyclophosphamide in patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
A. A. Fauser, W. Russ, M. Bischoff
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Complications associated with central venous catheters used for the collection of peripheral blood progenitor cells to support high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue
B. R. Meisenberg, Mary Callaghan, Christine Sloan, Laurie Sampson, William E. Miller, Robert McMillan
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Mechanical and infective central venous catheter-related complications: a prospective non-randomized study using Hickman and Groshong catheters in children with hematological malignancies
E. Biagi, C. Arrigo, M. G. Dell'Orto, A. Balduzzi, C. Pezzini, A. Rovelli, G. Masera, D. Silvestri, C. Uderzo
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Epidemiology of infections in the adult medical intensive care unit of a cancer hospital
T. Berghmans, F. Crokaert, E. Markiewicz, J. P. Sculier
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Candidemia in acute leukemia patients
P. Ribeiro, A. B. Sousa, O. Nunes, F. Aveiro, J. P. Fernandes, J. Gouveia
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Relationship between quality of life and mood in long-term survivors of breast cancer treated with mastectomy
M. A. Weitzner, C. A. Meyers, Karla K. Stuebing, Angele K. Saleeba
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Matching the clinical function and symptom status with the expectations of patients with advanced cancer, their families, and health care workers
H. Neuenschwander, Eduardo Bruera, Franco Cavalli