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Antiemetic

 Antiemetic activity of corticosteroids in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy: dosing, efficacy, and tolerability analysis SM Grunberg
Ann Oncol 2007 18: 233-240.

 Comparative activity of antiemetic drugs
Critical views in Oncology/Hematology, Volume 61, Issue 2, February 2007, Pages 162-175
Karin Jordan, Hans J. Schmoll and Matti S. Aapro

General Oncology
 Opiate Therapy in Chronic Cough
Alyn H. Morice, Madhav S. Menon, Siobhan A. Mulrennan, Caroline F. Everett, Caroline Wright, Jennifer Jackson, and Rachel Thompson
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007;175 312-315

 Clinical Trial Results with OROS Hydromorphone
Mark S. Wallace and John Thipphawong
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 33, Iss. 2, Supp. 1, 2007, Pages S25-S32

 Electroacupuncture as an Adjunctive Treatment to Control Neuropathic Pain in Patients with Cancer
Oliver Minton and Irene J. Higginson
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 33, Iss. 2, 2007, Pages 115-117

Myelosuppression
 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Erythropoietin in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Disease-Related Anemia
James R. Wright, Yee C. Ung, Jim A. Julian, Kathleen I. Pritchard, Timothy J. Whelan, Column Smith, Barbara Szechtman, Wilson Roa, Liam Mulroy, Leona Rudinskas, Bruno Gagnon, Gord S. Okawara, and Mark N. Levine
J Clin Oncol published 20 February 2007, 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.1514

Mucositis
 Management of Pain in Cancer Patients with Oral Mucositis: Follow-Up of Multiple Doses of Doxepin Oral Rinse
Joel B. Epstein, Joshua D. Epstein, Matthew S. Epstein, Hal Oien and Edmond L. Truelove
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 33, Iss. 2, 2007
Pages 111-114

Palliative Medicine
 Prevalence and Predictors of Symptoms in the Terminal Stage of Lung Cancer: A Community Study
Knut Skaug, Geir E. Eide, and Amund Gulsvik
Chest 2007;131 389-394

 Religiousness and Spiritual Support Among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations With End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life
Tracy A. Balboni, Lauren C. Vanderwerker, Susan D. Block, M. Elizabeth Paulk, Christopher S. Lathan, John R. Peteet, and Holly G. Prigerson
J Clin Oncol 25:555-560, 2007

 What Happens to People after Malignant Cord Compression? Survival, Function, Quality of Life, Emotional Well-being and Place of Care 1 Month after Diagnosis
Clinical Oncology, Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2007, Pages 56-62
R. Conway, J. Graham, J. Kidd and P. Levack

 Patient and Professional Education
 Hepatitis C (JAMA Patient Page)
John L. Zeller; Cassio Lynm; Richard M. Glass
JAMA 2007;297 768

 Factors Influencing Agreement in Symptom Ratings By Lung Cancer Patients and Their Significant Others
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 33, Iss. 2, 2007, Pages 146-155
Agneta Wennman-Larsen, Carol Tishelman, Yvonne Wengström and Petter Gustavsson

Pyschosocial 
 An Empirical Examination of the Stage Theory of Grief
Paul K. Maciejewski; Baohui Zhang; Susan D. Block; Holly G. Prigerson
JAMA 2007;297 716-723 

 Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Palliative Cancer Care
Keith G. Wilson, Harvey Max Chochinov, Merika Graham Skirko, Pierre Allard, Srini Chary, Pierre R. Gagnon, Karen Macmillan, Marina De Luca, Fiona O'Shea, David Kuhl, Robin L. Fainsinger and Jennifer J. Clinch
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 33, Iss. 2, 2007, Pages 118-129

Quality of Life
 Early Phase in the Development of a Bone Metastases Quality of Life Module
E. Chow, K. Harris, S. Tharmalingam, A. Bezjak, J. Wu, M. Barton, R. Eek, J. Shafiq, G. Velikova and A. Bottomley
on behalf of the EORTC-QLG Bone Metastases Module Development Group

 Clinical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 3 , April 2007, Page S26

 Quality of Life in Operable Colon Cancer Patients Receiving Oral Compared With Intravenous Chemotherapy: Results From National Surgical Adjuvant

Breast and Bowel Project Trial C-06
Jacek A. Kopec, Greg Yothers, Patricia A. Ganz, Stephanie R. Land, Reena S. Cecchini, H. Samuel Wieand, Barry C. Lembersky, and Norman Wolmark
J Clin Oncol 25:424-430, 2007

 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Advanced Cancer Patients Enrolled on Phase I Trials: A Study of Prognosis, Quality of Life, and Preferences for Decision Making
Fay J. Hlubocky, Mark J. Ratain, Ming Wen, and Christopher K. Daugherty
J Clin Oncol 25:548-554, 2007

Rehabilitation and Survivorship
 Secondary Sarcomas in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Tara O. Henderson, John Whitton, Marilyn Stovall, Ann C. Mertens, Pauline Mitby, Debra Friedman, Louise C. Strong, Sue Hammond, Joseph P. Neglia, Anna T. Meadows, Leslie Robison, and Lisa Diller
J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2007 99: 300-308.

 Cisplatin-Induced Long-Term Hearing Impairment Is Associated With Specific Glutathione S-Transferase Genotypes in Testicular Cancer Survivors
Jan Oldenburg, Sigrid M. Kraggerud, Milada Cvancarova, Ragnhild A. Lothe, and Sophie D. Fossa
J Clin Oncol 25:708-714, 2007

 

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