Supportive Care in Cancer

Methodology for clinical trials in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia

Ronald Feld

Palliative care in Italy: the current situation

A. Sbanotto, Ruth Burnhill

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

SUPPORTIVE CARE NEWS

Statistical considerations in clinical trials testing empiric antibiotic regimens in patients with febrile neutropenia

Marianne Paesmans

Empiric therapy for the febrile neutropenic patient

Stephen C. Schimpff

Stratification in clinical trials of febrile neutropenia

Linda S. Elting

Criteria for response in patients in clinical trials of empiric antibiotic regimens for febrile neutropenia. Is there agreement?

Ronald Feld

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

Tetanus immunity in patients with hematological malignancies

V. Hamarström, K. Pauksen, H. Svensson, G. Öberg, C. Paul, P. Ljungman

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

Competent gastrostomy for patients with head and neck cancer

P. P. Vassilopoulos, E. Filopoulos, N. Kelessis, M. Gontikakis, G. Plataniotis

Opioid responsiveness in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

Sebastiano Mercadante