Issue 2/1999
Content (12 Articles)
SUPPORTIVE CARE INTERNATIONAL
The development for the Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine
Kunihiko Ishitani
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Assessment of the quality of life of patients with advanced and end-stage cancer or serious infections with a symptom-based or an impact-based instrument
P. O. Witteveen, H. M. Jacobs, M. A. C. van Groenestijn, A. C. Lodder, A.H. van Boxtel, M. Nieuwland, M. W. M. Post, F. W. M. M. Touw-Otten, G. H. Blijham
REVIEW ARTICLE
Current practices for management of oral mucositis in cancer patients
J. E. Raber-Durlacher
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Social interaction and support related to mood and locus of control in cervical and endometrial cancer patients and their spouses
A. Lalos, Martin Eisemann
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The anti-emetic efficacy of tropisetron plus dexamethasone in patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation
Vassilis Barbounis, George Koumakis, Helen Hatzichristou, Michael Vassilomanolakis, Sofocles Tsoussis, A. Efremidis
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Nausea and vomiting induced by arterial chemo-embolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and the antiemetic effect of ondansetron hydrochloride
N. Sohara, Hitoshi Takagi, Takehiko Abe, Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Akira Kojima, Hitomi Takahashi, Takeaki Nagamine, Masatomo Mori
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Piperacillin/tazobactam plus tobramycin versus ceftazidime plus tobramycin as empiric therapy for fever in severely neutropenic patients
J.-P. Marie, Zora Marjanovic, Anne Vekhoff, Anne Bouvet, François Chast, Vincent Levy, Marion Baudard, Ollivier Legrand, Bernard Rio, Alain Delmer, Robert Zittoun
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Mechanical ventilation in critically ill cancer patients: outcome and utilisation of resources
U. E. Kongsgaard, Nina K. Meidell
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Microbiological safety of essential oils used in complementary therapies and the activity of these compounds against bacterial and fungal pathogens
Fiona Maudsley, K. G. Kerr