Issue 6/2012
Content (28 Articles)
Response letter to the editor
Dildar Bahar Genc, Cengiz Canpolat, Su Gulsun Berrak
A systematic review of the effectiveness of qigong exercise in supportive cancer care
Cecilia L. W. Chan, Chong-Wen Wang, Rainbow T. H. Ho, Siu-Man Ng, Jessie S. M. Chan, Eric T. C. Ziea, Vivian C. W. Wong
Outpatient and oral antibiotic management of low-risk febrile neutropenia are effective in children—a systematic review of prospective trials
A. Manji, J. Beyene, L. L. Dupuis, R. Phillips, T. Lehrnbecher, L. Sung
Acupuncture for the treatment of cancer pain: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials
Tae-Young Choi, Myeong Soo Lee, Tae-Hun Kim, Christopher Zaslawski, Edzard Ernst
Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency in cancer patients
Jeffrey Joseph Bruno, Mike Hernandez, Shubhra Ghosh, S. Egbert Pravinkumar
Early nutritional support in non-metastatic stage IV oral cavity cancer patients undergoing adjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy: analysis of treatment tolerance and outcome in an area endemic for betel quid chewing
Cheng-Hsu Wang, Hung-Ming Wang, Yi-Ping Pang, Kun-Yun Yeh
Role recognition and changes to self-identity in family caregivers of people with advanced cancer: a qualitative study
Anna Ugalde, Meinir Krishnasamy, Penelope Schofield
Mindfulness groups for men with advanced prostate cancer: a pilot study to assess feasibility and effectiveness and the role of peer support
Suzanne Kathleen Chambers, Elizabeth Foley, Elizabeth Galt, Megan Ferguson, Samantha Clutton
Barriers to rehabilitative care for young breast cancer survivors: a qualitative understanding
Baukje Miedema, Julie Easley
Utilization of hypnotic medication in the context of cancer: predictors and frequency of use
Lucie Casault, Josée Savard, Hans Ivers, Marie-Hélène Savard, Sébastien Simard
Light treatment prevents fatigue in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Michelle Rissling, Ariel Neikrug, Vera Trofimenko, Loki Natarajan, Barbara A. Parker, Susan Lawton, Paul Desan, Lianqi Liu
Symptom improvement as prognostic factor for survival in cancer patients undergoing palliative care: a pilot study
Filomena Narducci, Roberta Grande, Lucia Mentuccia, Tiziana Trapasso, Isabella Sperduti, Emanuela Magnolfi, Anna Maria Fariello, Donatello Gemma, Teresa Gamucci
Awareness of dying: it needs words
Martine E. Lokker, Lia van Zuylen, Laetitia Veerbeek, Carin C. D. van der Rijt, Agnes van der Heide
Effect of medical Qigong on cognitive function, quality of life, and a biomarker of inflammation in cancer patients: a randomized controlled trial
Byeongsang Oh, Phyllis N. Butow, Barbara A. Mullan, Stephen J. Clarke, Philip J. Beale, Nick Pavlakis, Myeong Soo Lee, David S. Rosenthal, Linda Larkey, Janette Vardy
Cognitive behavioral symptom management intervention in patients with cancer: survival analysis
JiYeon Choi, Chien-Wen J. Kuo, Alla Sikorskii, Mei You, Dianxu Ren, Paula R. Sherwood, Charles W. Given, Barbara A. Given
Psychometric properties of the Oral Mucositis Daily Questionnaire for child self-report and importance of mucositis in children treated with chemotherapy
Arif Manji, Deborah Tomlinson, Marie-Chantal Ethier, Adam Gassas, Anne-Marie Maloney, Lillian Sung
Fertility and cancer—a qualitative study of Australian cancer survivors
Rebecca Penrose, Lisa Beatty, Julie Mattiske, Bogda Koczwara
Predicting survival in prostate cancer: the role of quality of life assessment
Donald P. Braun, Digant Gupta, Edgar D. Staren
Unmet supportive care needs in colorectal cancer: differences by age
Mikaela L. Jorgensen, Jane M. Young, James D. Harrison, Michael J. Solomon
Gastrointestinal symptoms, electrogastrography, inflammatory markers, and PG-SGA in patients with advanced cancer
Martin Chasen, Ravi Bhargava
Audio recordings of mindfulness-based stress reduction training to improve cancer patients’ mood and quality of life—a pilot feasibility study
Andrea Altschuler, Elana Rosenbaum, Peter Gordon, Sandra Canales, Andrew L. Avins
Palliative sedation at the end of life at a tertiary cancer center
Augusto Caraceni, Ernesto Zecca, Cinzia Martini, Giovanna Gorni, Tiziana Campa, Cinzia Brunelli, Franco De Conno
Effect of advanced cancer patients’ awareness of disease status on treatment decisional conflicts and satisfaction during palliative chemotherapy: a Korean prospective cohort study
Sun Kyung Baek, Si-young Kim, Dae Seog Heo, Young Ho Yun, Myung Kyung Lee
Impact of marital status and race on outcomes of patients enrolled in Radiation Therapy Oncology Group prostate cancer trials
Kevin Lee Du, Kyounghwa Bae, Benjamin Movsas, Yan Yan, Charlene Bryan, Deborah Watkins Bruner
Recurrent brain tumour: the impact of illness on patient's life
Elena Lamperti, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Claudia Yvonne Finocchiaro, Antonio Silvani, Andrea Botturi, Paola Gaviani, Lucio Sarno, Andrea Salmaggi
Young adult cancer survivors' psychosocial well-being: a cross-sectional study assessing quality of life, unmet needs, and health behaviors
Alix Edna Hall, Allison Wendy Boyes, Jennifer Bowman, Raoul A. Walsh, Erica L. James, Afaf Girgis
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: psychosocial characteristics and considerations
Lori Wiener, Haven Battles, Sima Zadeh, Carly J. Smith, Lee J. Helman, Su Young Kim