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- 1From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Survival prediction is useful in selecting patients for palliative care or active anticancer therapy. The palliative and prognostic (PaP) score was shown to predict 1-month survival in terminally ill patients....
- 2From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose The aim of this study was to compare the precision of two different methods in detecting clinical depression in tumor patients: the use of a screening questionnaire versus the assessment by health care providers...
- 3From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedDear Sir, We thank Dr. Marineo for his comments on our paper "Managing chronic pain: results from an open-label study using MC5-A Calmare[R] device" [1]. As he states, our operators underwent a training course, but...
- 4From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Bacteremia is an important clinical condition in febrile neutropenia that can cause clinical failure of antimicrobial therapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical factors predictive of...
- 5From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Nutritional status may influence quality of life and prognosis among pancreatic cancer patients, yet few studies describe measures of nutritional status during treatment. We evaluated the nutritional status of...
- 6From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of comorbid mental disorders as well as the extent of psychosocial distress in patients with intracranial tumours and their partners during the early treatment...
- 7From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose The purpose of this study was to examine the level of symptoms, psychological distress, and supportive care needs and factors related to five unmet need domains in lung cancer patients. Methods A...
- 8From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose The extent and severity of hemoglobin decline after the initiation of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is unclear, and predictors of hemoglobin decline in older men with prostate cancer (PC) are not...
- 9From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the most commonly chosen cognitive screening test (CST) in clinical practice and trials, despite its poor sensitivity, likely because of its prognostic utility. The...
- 10From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBone metastases can be associated with a significant worsening of patient morbidity and mortality. Bisphosphonates have been extensively researched and shown to delay the onset and reduce the incidence of complications...
- 11From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose This study aims to describe emotional distress and quality of life (QoL) of patients at different phases of their lung cancer and the association with their family physician (FP) involvement. Methods A...
- 12From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Preliminary data suggest that pegfilgrastim given on day 4 (P4) might be superior to pegfilgrastim on day 2 (P2) in reducing grade 4 leucopenia. Methods Patients with node-positive primary breast cancer...
- 13From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) continues to be a substantial problem for many cancer patients. Pursuant to promising appearing pilot data, the current study evaluated the use of vitamin E...
- 14From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedCancer patients and their families face multiple psychosocial challenges when coping with illness, including emotional distress. The inability to detect and respond appropriately to these needs lead to greater...
- 15From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Depressive symptoms are commonly experienced by cancer patients, especially those with advanced disease. The link between depression and survival outcome in cancer patients has received increasing attention. The...
- 16From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Holistic needs assessment is a key recommendation in improving supportive and palliative care in adults with cancer. The Patients Concerns Inventory (PCI) is a holistic needs assessment tool designed for head...
- 17From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Patients with serious illness derive a sense of security by forming strong, healing relationships with their providers. These bonds are particularly strong in life-threatening illnesses, such as cancer, which...
- 18From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Prophylactic lamivudine to prevent chemotherapy-induced hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation has been widely adopted in hematological cancer patients. We examined the deferred preemptive strategy, upon rising...
- 19From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground The aim of this study was to determine the smallest changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores in a subset of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life...
- 20From: Supportive Care in Cancer. (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Good cancer pain control requires appropriate assessment and treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among physician, nurse practitioner, and nurse knowledge, documentation of...