Issue 5/2011
Content (21 Articles)
Coping processes relevant to posttraumatic growth: an evidence-based review
Rama Krsna Rajandram, Josef Jenewein, Colman McGrath, Roger Arthur Zwahlen
Parental perceptions of health-related quality of life in children with leukemia in the second week after the diagnosis: a quantitative model
Marta Tremolada, Sabrina Bonichini, GianMarco Altoè, Marta Pillon, Modesto Carli, Thomas S. Weisner
Can ICF model for patients with breast-cancer-related lymphedema predict quality of life?
Jau-Yih Tsauo, Hsiu-Chuan Hung, Han-Ju Tsai, Chiun-Sheng Huang
Are nurses and physicians able to assess which strategies adolescents recently diagnosed with cancer use to cope with disease- and treatment-related distress?
Gunn Engvall, Inger Skolin, Elisabet Mattsson, Mariann Hedström, Louise von Essen
Physical activity, quality of life, and the interest in physical exercise programs in patients undergoing palliative chemotherapy
Karin Oechsle, Wiebke Jensen, Tobias Schmidt, Rüdiger Reer, Klaus-Michael Braumann, Maike de Wit, Carsten Bokemeyer
Determinants of quality of life in patients with advanced cancer
Camilla Zimmermann, Debika Burman, Nadia Swami, Monika K. Krzyzanowska, Natasha Leighl, Malcolm Moore, Gary Rodin, Ian Tannock
Breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema self-care: Education, practices, symptoms, and quality of life
Sheila H. Ridner, Mary S. Dietrich, Nancy Kidd
Healing action of topical chamomile on 5-fluouracil induced oral mucositis in hamster
Vanessa C. S. Pavesi, Talita C. C. Lopez, Marco A. T. Martins, Manoel Sant’Ana Filho, Sandra K. Bussadori, Kristianne P. S. Fernandes, Raquel A. Mesquita-Ferrari, Manoela D. Martins
Psychometric testing of the Chinese-version cancer needs questionnaire short form head and neck cancer-specific version in oral cavity cancer patients
Shu-Ching Chen, Yeur-Hur Lai, Sue-Yueh Cheng, Chun-Ta Liao, Joseph Tung-Chien Chang
Psychometric properties of the Perform Questionnaire: a brief scale for assessing patient perceptions of fatigue in cancer
Eva Baró, Joan Carulla, Javier Cassinello, Ramón Colomer, Jesús García Mata, Pere Gascón, Jose Antonio Gasquet, Cesar A. Rodríguez, Vicente Valentín
Antiemetic activity of megestrol acetate in patients receiving chemotherapy
Jian Zang, Min Hou, Hong Feng Gou, Meng Qiu, Jing Wang, Xiao Juan Zhou, De Yun Luo, Yu Yang, Ming Jiang, Dan Cao, Feng Bi, Feng Xu, YaLi Shen, Cheng Yi
Cancer support group participation in the United Kingdom: a national survey
Clare Stevinson, Anne Lydon, Ziv Amir
The short-term effects of low-level laser therapy in the management of breast-cancer-related lymphedema
Abuzer Dirican, Oya Andacoglu, Ronald Johnson, Kandace McGuire, Lisa Mager, Atilla Soran
Six- versus 12-h conversion method from intravenous to transdermal fentanyl in chronic cancer pain: a randomized study
Motoo Nomura, Minoru Kamata, Hiroyuki Kojima, Kenji Hayashi, Masasuke Kozai, Satoshi Sawada
Palonosetron for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in glioblastoma patients treated with temozolomide: a phase II study
Antonio Rozzi, Chiara Nardoni, Michela Corona, Maria Rosa Restuccia, Alessandra Fabi, Emilio Bria, Giuseppe Minniti, Gaetano Lanzetta
Segmental measurement of breast cancer-related arm lymphoedema using perometry and bioimpedance spectroscopy
Sharon A. Czerniec, Leigh C. Ward, Mi-Joung Lee, Kathryn M. Refshauge, Jane Beith, Sharon L. Kilbreath
Effect of massage therapy on stress levels and quality of life in brain tumor patients—observations from a pilot study
Stephen Thomas Keir
Development and pilot testing of a communication aid to assist clinicians to communicate with women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Simone E. De Morgan, Phyllis N. Butow, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Melanie A. Price, Caroline Nehill
Vitamin E for preventing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
Andreas A. Argyriou, Haralabos P. Kalofonos
Response to letter to the editor referencing manuscript the “Use of vitamin E for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: results of a randomized phase III clinical trial”
Lisa A. Kottschade, Jeff A. Sloan, Charles L. Loprinzi