Supportive Care in Cancer

Progress in palliative care

Eduardo Bruera

Terminal sedation in palliative medicine – definition and review of the literature

John D. Cowan, Declan Walsh

Evaluation and treatment of cancer-related fluid deficits: volume depletion and dehydration

N. Sarhill, D. Walsh, K. Nelson, M. Davis

Communication with terminal cancer patients in palliative care: are there differences between nurses and physicians?

A. Levorato, F. Stiefel, C. Mazzocato, E. Bruera

Assessment of pain control in cancer patients during the last week of life: comparison of health centre wards and a hospice

Heikki Hinkka, Elise Kosunen, Pirkko Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Ulla-Kaija Lammi

Gender discrepancy observed between chemotherapy-induced emesis and hiccups

Chuang-Chi Liaw

The importance of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP2D6 in palliative medicine

Mellar P. Davis, Jade Homsi

Factors associated with utilization of nonproven cancer therapies in Turkey

Mustafa Samur

Difference in patient's acceptance of early versus late initiation of psychosocial support in breast cancer

Christine Scholten, Georg Weinländer, Michael Krainer, Oskar Frischenschlager, Christoph C. Zielinski

Anticancer chemotherapy in a patient with prior history of acute intermittent porphyria

Frédéric Forget, Ahmad Awada, Jean Klastersky

Rifampicin in opioid-induced itching

Sebastiano Mercadante, Patrizia Villari, Fabio Fulfaro

Mirtazapine may be useful in treating nausea and insomnia of cancer chemotherapy

R. Kast

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