Issue 5/1998
Content (13 Articles)
SUPPORTIVE CARE INTERNATIONAL
Palliative care in Italy: the current situation
A. Sbanotto, Ruth Burnhill
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Cancer pain management in developing countries: a mosaic of complex issues resulting in inadequate analgesia
Rachel C. Koshy, Deborah Rhodes, Saraswathi Devi, S. A. Grossman
REVIEW ARTICLE
Statistical considerations in clinical trials testing empiric antibiotic regimens in patients with febrile neutropenia
Marianne Paesmans
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Effect of carboplatin on response and palliation in hormone-refractory prostate cancer
W. F. Jungi, Jürg Bernhard, Christoph Hürny, Shu-Fang Hsu Schmitz, Silvia Hanselmann, Heidi Gusset, Dietegen Pestalozzi, Aron Goldhirsch
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Tetanus immunity in patients with hematological malignancies
V. Hamarström, K. Pauksen, H. Svensson, G. Öberg, C. Paul, P. Ljungman
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Competent gastrostomy for patients with head and neck cancer
P. P. Vassilopoulos, E. Filopoulos, N. Kelessis, M. Gontikakis, G. Plataniotis
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Rationale for the use of a single fixed intravenous dolasetron dose for the prevention of cisplatin-induced nausea and vomiting
J. B. Whitmore, Mark G. Kris, Paul J. Hesketh, Thomas H. Grote, Dawn M. DuBois, Michael B. Cramer, William F. Hahne
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Opioid responsiveness in patients with advanced head and neck cancer
Sebastiano Mercadante