Issue 9/2005
Content (16 Articles)
Granisetron in the control of radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a comparison with other antiemetic therapies
Petra Feyer, M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Maria Steingraeber
The behaviors of seeking a second opinion from other health-care professionals and the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine in gynecologic cancer patients
K. F. Tam, D. K. L. Cheng, T. Y. Ng, H. Y. S. Ngan
Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with urologic cancer: a prospective study at a single Japanese institution
Koji Yoshimura, Nobufumi Ueda, Kentaro Ichioka, Yoshiyuki Matsui, Akito Terai, Yoichi Arai
Another form to fill in! Clients’ reflections on the hospice use of questionnaires
Pam McGrath, Alex Moore, Meg McNaught, Gail Palmer, Anne Greene, Dawn Atkinson
Randomized double-blind, double-dummy crossover clinical trial of oral tramadol versus rectal tramadol administration in opioid-naive cancer patients with pain
Sebastiano Mercadante, Edoardo Arcuri, Flavio Fusco, Walter Tirelli, Patrizia Villari, Carlo Bussolino, Tiziana Campa, Franco De Conno, Carla Ripamonti
The cancer pain experience of Israeli adults 65 years and older: the influence of pain interference, symptom severity, and knowledge and attitudes on pain and pain control
Marlene Z. Cohen, Catherine F. Musgrave, Deborah B. McGuire, Neville E. Strumpf, Mark F. Munsell, Tito R. Mendoza, Maya Gips
An open study of methotrimeprazine in the management of nausea and vomiting in patients with advanced cancer
A. Kennett, J. Hardy, S. Shah, R. A’Hern
The problems experienced by patients with cancer and their needs for palliative care
Bart H. P. Osse, Myrra J. F. J. Vernooij-Dassen, Egbert Schadé, Richard P. T. M. Grol
Discussing life expectancy with terminally ill cancer patients and their carers: a qualitative study
Josephine M. Clayton, Phyllis N. Butow, Robert M. Arnold, Martin H. N. Tattersall
Nurses’ willingness to maximize opioid analgesia for severe cancer pain, and its predictor
Yoon Jung Chang, Young Ho Yun, Sang Min Park, So Woo Lee, Hyeoun-Ae Park, You-Ja Ro, Bong Yul Huh
Development of a prognostic index in cancer patients with low performance status
José Ferraz Gonçalves, Isabel Costa, Carolina Monteiro
Correlation between “malfunctioning events” and catheter-related infections in pediatric cancer patients bearing tunneled indwelling central venous catheter: results of a prospective observational study
Elio Castagnola, Giuseppe Fratino, Mariangela Valera, Mareva Giacchino, Riccardo Haupt, Angelo Claudio Molinari
Symptomatic control of hypoglycaemia with prednisone in refractory metastatic pancreatic insulinoma
Jan Novotny, Filip Janku, Pavel Mares, Lubos Petruzelka