Supportive Care in Cancer

Editorial comment on: “The development and validation of a prediction tool for chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy”. by Vincent et al.

Wolfgang Korte

Factors associated with place of death of cancer patients in the Mexico City Metropolitan area

Marylou Cárdenas-Turanzas, María Teresa Carrillo, Horacio Tovalín-Ahumada, Linda Elting

The pharmacological importance of cytochrome CYP3A4 in the palliation of symptoms: review and recommendations for avoiding adverse drug interactions

Abdo Haddad, Mellar Davis, Ruth Lagman

Levorphanol: the forgotten opioid

Eric Prommer

The development and validation of a prediction tool for chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy

Mark Vincent, George Dranitsaris, Sunil Verma, Cathy Lau, Pere Gascon, Simon Van Belle, Heinz Ludwig

Interaction of psychological factors and the effect of epoetin alfa treatment in cancer patients on hemoglobin and fatigue

Franziska Geiser, Corinna Hahn, Rupert Conrad, Reinhard Liedtke, Tilman Sauerbruch, Ingo Schmidt-Wolf, Axel Glasmacher

Testicular cancer: a longitudinal pilot study on stress response symptoms and quality of life in couples before and after chemotherapy

Marrit A. Tuinman, Harald J. Hoekstra, Dirk Th. Sleijfer, Joke Fleer, Damon J. Vidrine, Ellen R. Gritz, Josette E. H. M. Hoekstra-Weebers

The outpatient management of low-risk febrile patients with neutropenia: risk assessment over the telephone

Toshiro Mizuno, Noriyuki Katsumata, Hirofumi Mukai, Chikako Shimizu, Masashi Ando, Toru Watanabe

Reducing the unmet needs of patients with colorectal cancer: a feasibility study of The Pathfinder Volunteer Program

Michelle L. Macvean, Victoria M. White, Sarah Pratt, Suzanne Grogan, Robert Sanson-Fisher

Nutrition intervention using an eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)-containing supplement in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Effects on nutritional and inflammatory status: a phase II trial

Jane A. Read, Philip J. Beale, Dianne H. Volker, Narelle Smith, Annabel Childs, Stephen J. Clarke

Factors related to posttraumatic stress in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their parents

Shuichi Ozono, Toshinari Saeki, Tomoyuki Mantani, Akiko Ogata, Hitoshi Okamura, Shigeto Yamawaki

How important is the opinion of significant others to cancer patients’ adjuvant chemotherapy decision-making?

A. M. Stiggelbout, S. J. T. Jansen, W. Otten, M. C. M. Baas-Thijssen, H. van Slooten, C. J. H. van de Velde

Patients and carer experiences of care provision after a diagnosis of lung cancer in Scotland

Meinir Krishnasamy, Mary Wells, Erna Wilkie

Psychodynamic aspects of communication skills training: a pilot study

Nathalie Favre, Jean-Nicolas Despland, Yves de Roten, Martin Drapeau, Mathieu Bernard, Friedrich Stiefel

Incident pain and analgesic consumption decrease after samarium infusion: a pilot study

Carla Ripamonti, Elena Fagnoni, Tiziana Campa, Ettore Seregni, Marco Maccauro, Emilio Bombardieri

Skipping day 2 antiemetic medications may improve chemotherapy induced delayed nausea and vomiting control: results of two pilot phase II trials

Paula P. Lajolo, Auro del Giglio

Hormone receptor status as a prognostic factor affecting the outcome of brain metastases

Hakan Harputluoglu, Tugrul Purnak, Kadri Altundag

Prognostic factors affecting the outcome of brain metastases from breast cancer

Mu-Tai Liu, Chang-Yao Hsieh, Ai-Yih Wang, Tung-Hao Chang, Chu-Pin Pi, Chia-Chun Huang, Chao-Yuan Huang, Cheng-Hong Liou

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