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MASCC/ISOO 18th International Symposium
Toronto, Canada  June 22-24, 2006


2006 Posters

 Dental abnormalities in children submitted to antineoplastic therapy
H Lederman16, AS Petrilli2, EMM Caran3, CM França4, I Chilvarquer5, NN F Lopes6

 Prevalence of Mucositis in Patients with ALL
Nilza N.F.Lopes1, Camila Merida Carrillo2, Juliana dos Santos Oliveira3, Niucha Patrícia de Sousa Vasconcelos4, Maria Lucia Lee5 , Carla Macedo6

 Electrolyte abnormalities in hospitalized adult cancer patients upon referral to palliative care

 Determining patient expectation of a clinically relevant partial response and investigating response shift in the treatment of bone metastases with palliative radiotherapy
Gabriella Mallia, Edward Chow, Hannah Chiu, Meagan Doyle, George Hruby, Lori Holden, Elizabeth Barnes, May Tsao and Cyril Danjoux

 How do patients, physicians, and nurses using a computer-assisted quality of life instrument (LCSS-QL) in a prospective multi-center clinical trial in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) rate the scale for acceptability and value?
A Welch, N DeYoe, PJ Hollen, RJ Gralla

 Use of educational outreach and motivational interviewing techniques to enhance recruitment to a palliative care clinical trial
Amy P Abernethy1-3, Janet Bull4, David C Currow2,3, Eric Mortensen5, Eric Carter5

 Developing Evidence-based Mouth Care Guidelines for Children & Young People
Gibson Fa, Glenny AMb, Auld Ec, Clarkson JEd, Coulson Se, Craig Jf, Eden OBg, Khalid Tc, Pizer Bf, Worthington HVb

 The use of granulocyte transfusions in neutropenic children, a review of the literature
M.D. van de Wetering 1, N. Weggelaar 1 M. Offringa 3,H.N. Caron1, and T.W. Kuijpers 1,2

 In a Randomized Phase II Trial Casopitant Mesylate + Ondansetron and Dexamethasone Reduced Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea/Vomiting (CINV) in Patients Receiving Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy (MEC)
Wichit Arpornwirat1, Istvan Albert2, Vincent L Hansen3, Julian Jenkins4, Rajesh R Bandekar4, Steven M Grunberg5

 Reliability of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) in patients with bone metastases.*
Kristin Harris BSc (C); Liying Zhang PhD; Edward Chow MSc, MBBS, FRCPC.
Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto

 Development and evaluation of an online educational program in palliative cancer care for Australian community pharmacists
Hussainy SY1*, Marriott JL1, Beattie J1, Dooley MJ1,2, Nation RL1

 Utilization of a palliative radiotherapy clinic dedicated to the treatment of bone metastases
Jackson Wu1 MD FRCPC, Gail Monk2 RN, Trish Clark2 RN, Neil Hagen3 MD FRCP

 Successful interventions to optimize enrollment into a palliative cancer care study
Stephen W Janning1, Johnny F Norris1, Debra C Baringtang1, Amy P Abernethy2,3,
John I Wurzelmann1, Amy J Pierce1, Jerry W Snidow1

 The Effectivene ss of Nursing Education as an Intervention to Decrease Fatigue in Turkish Chemotherapy Patients.
Öznur USTA YEÞÝLBALKAN, RN, PhD, Ayfer KARADAKOVAN, Proff.Dr., Erdem GÖKER,Proff.Dr.

 Impact of an electronic quality of life assessment tool on resource utilization in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
NB Leighl, MD1; JM Meharchand, MD2; PJ Hollen, PhD, RN3; J Stewart4; RJ Gralla, MD5

 Serum levels of Nuclear factor-kb (NF-kB) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) following irinotecan administration in the Dark Agouti rat
RM Logan, RJ Gibson, JM Bowen, ST Sonis, DMK Keefe

 Nuclear factor -kB(NF-kB) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in the oral mucosa following cancer chemotherapy
RM Logan, RJ Gibson, JM Bowen, ST Sonis, DMK Keefe

 The two first years of legal practice of euthanasia in Belgium. Analysis and interpretation of the 259 first registration documents.
Marc Englert1, Dominique Lossignol2, Béatrice Figa, Bernard Hanson

 CSF CA 15-3, Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LC) and Breast Cancer.
Lossignol DA, Lemort M, Oulad Ben Tahib N, Larsimont D

 Improving Wait Times and Access for Nutrition Counselling using a Nutrition Referral Priority Rating System (NRPRS) at the Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital (HRSRH)
Kerri Loney, Carole Mayer, Suzanne Lamoureux, Denise Gauthier-Frohlick, Emily Barisas, Isabelle Charest, Sheila Damore-Petingola

 Preventing Pain Flare from Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases: The Effectiveness of Dexamethasone
A. Loblaw, MD, FRCPC; J. Napolskikh, BSc(C); K. Harris, BSc(C); M. Doyle, BSc(C); P. Goh, BSc(C); H. Chiu, BSc(C); T Panzarella, MSc; M. Tsao, MD, FRCPC; E. Barnes, MD, FRCPC; E. Sinclair, BSc, MRT; M. Farhadian, RN, CON(C); C. Danjoux, MD, FRCPC; E. Chow, MSc, MBBS, FRCPC

 Involvement of Family Physicians in the Care of Patients Receiving Palliative Radiotherapy
Barnes EA1, Librach L2, Fan G1, Chow E1, Tsao M1, Barbera L1, Harris K1, Doyle M1, Lam K3, Danjoux C1

 DO PAIN, DEPRESSION AND FATIGUE (PDF) CLUSTER IN ADVANCED CANCER?
Declan Walsh, Lisa Rybicki and Katherine Hauser.

 Patients' and Health Care Professionals’(HCPs) perspectives on the most important quality of life issues in bone metastases
S.Tharmalingam BSc(C)1, K.Harris BSc(C)1, A.Bezjak MD MSc2, J.Wu MD3, G.Velikova MBBS PhD4, A.Bottomley PhD5, E.Chow MBBS MSc 1


 ANTIFUNGAL DRUG RESISTANCE AMONGST ORAL YEASTS ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER
Andrew Davies1, Michelle McTaggart1, Susan Brailsford2, David Beighton2 1Department of Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK 2Dental Institute, Kings College London, UK

 ORAL CANDIDOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER
Andrew Davies1, Michelle McTaggart1, Susan Brailsford2, David Beighton2 1Department of Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK 2Dental Institute, Kings College London, UK

 CHEMOTHERAPY ORDERING IN A COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE) ENVIRONMENT: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF DEFECTS FROM ONCOLOGIST TO PATIENT
Wilson C. Mertens, David Brown, Victoria Koertge, Lucinda J. Cassells, Regina Parisi, Deborah Naglieri-Prescod, Donald J. Higby

 COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE) EMPLOYING PRE-BUILT CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMENS: ANTIEMETIC AND SUPPORTIVE CARE MEDICATION OMISSIONS
Lucinda J. Cassells, David Brown, Victoria Koertge, Regina Parisi, Donald J. Higby, Deborah Naglieri-Prescod, Wilson C. Mertens

 Effects of Oral Care Previous to BMT Above the Severity of the Oral Mucositis
Santos PSS (paulosss@apcd.org.br), Magalhães MHCG

 GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE FOR STOMA PATIENTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: DOES IT EXIST?
Natalia Carafizi

 Zoledronic Acid May Delay Disease Progression Compared With Pamidronate in a Subset of Breast Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases Defined by Baseline Characteristics
A Lipton,1 Y-M Chen,2 T Xie,3 N Shirina2

 Zoledronic Acid Is Associated With a Survival Benefit in Patients With Multiple Myeloma Stratified by Baseline Bone Alkaline Phosphatase Levels
J Berenson,1 N Shirina,2 Y-M Chen2

 Fractures and Elevated Bone Marker Levels Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Death in Patients With Bone Metastases From Prostate Cancer
F Saad,1 R Cook,2 Y-M Chen,3 T Bock3

 Cost Effectiveness of Bisphosphonates in the Prevention of Skeletal Complications in
Breast Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases

Marc Botteman,1 Victoria Barghout,2 Jennifer Stephens,1 Joel Hay1

 Convenience and Renal Tolerability of a 15-minute Zoledronic Acid Infusion
C Maxwell,1 N Shirina2

 Zoledronic Acid Is Superior to Pamidronate in Patients With Breast Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Who Have Had Previous Skeletal Complications
MS Aapro,1 N Shirina2

 Continuing Benefit of Zoledronic Acid for the Prevention of Skeletal Complications in Breast Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases
LS Rosen,1 D Gordon2

 Greater Number of Bone Metastases Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Skeletal
Complications and Greater Benefit of Zoledronic Acid

RE Coleman,1 N Shirina,2 Y-M Chen2

 Greater Fractures Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Death in Patients With Bone Metastases From Breast or Prostate Cancer
F Saad,1 R Cook,2 Y-M Chen,3 T Bock3

 Cancer and Gender: coping strategies
Bárbara Antunes, Alexandra Oliveira, Francisco L. Pimentel

 Do the patients know their diagnosis?
Alexandra Oliveira, Bárbara Antunes, Francisco L. Pimentel1,

 IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR MODERATE TO SEVERE NAUSEA AND VOMITING FOLLOWING CHEMOTHERAPY:THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A PREDICTION TOOL FOR THE PRACTICING ONCOLOGIST
Petrella TM1, Joy AA2, Young S3,Callaghan W1, Clemons M1, Trudeau M1,
Dranitsaris

 Supportive care to terminal cancer patients in ACCCOM: a nongovernmental organization in Divinopolis/MG, Brazil - Humanizing Palliative Care –
Chaves, A L F (1), Berto C. A (2) , Leão D S (3) , Gaspar A P (4)
PosterMASCC_2006_1.pdf
Nurses and Physicians Approach to Breaking the Bad News to Patients and Families
Sultan Kav1, Hatice Fesci2, Aysel Abbasoglu1, Nevin Dogan1, Lale Algier1, Ozgur Ozyilkan3


 Needs of Family Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer
Sultan KAV, Selda YUCE, Meral BAKAR, Lale ALGIER, Ozgur OZYILKAN

 MEDICATION DUPLICITY AMONG AMBULATORY CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CANCER-DIRECTED THERAPY
Rachel Riechelmann1, Ian Tannock1, Lisa Wang2, Monika Krzyzanowska1


 Radical Radiotherapy for Head & Neck Cancer
RP Morton, KD Hay, V Thomson, C Gerard


 I Don’t Attend Their Group Meetings But I’m Part of their Community: Understanding Why Women with Breast Cancer Choose Not To Attend a Peer Led Support Group
Carole Mayer, * Jennifer Keck, Nancy Hammell, April Hyatt, Leigh MacEwan


 Dexamethasone, Metoclopramide and Omeprazol Combination is simple, safe and effective for Delayed Nausea and vomiting Control in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer 
Thuan Quang, MD, Ngeyet T.T. Nguyen, RN, Van T.B. Pham, RN, Thao P.T.Tran, MD, Trung Sao Nguyen, MD, PhD


 Palliative Radiotherapy for Symptom Management in Palliative Pediatric Oncology Patients in Canada
Tara Tucker, MD / Edward Fitzgibbon, MD / Rajiv Samant, MD


 Varicella vaccination in an early phase of chemotherapy in pediatric oncology patients
M.D. van de Wetering1*, M.T.M. Vossen 2*, H.N. Caron1, M.Gent2, J.F.L. Weel3, P. M.E. Wertheim-van Dillen3, R.A.W. van
Lier2, and T.W. Kuijpers1 

 Home humidification palliates symptoms of mucositis.
V Thomson1, KD Hay1, C Gerard2, RP Morton1.

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