Volume 3, Number 1 (January/February 2005)

Bench to Bedside

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Pathophysiology of Bone Pain
Mary Ann C. Sabino, DDS, PhD, and Patrick W. Mantyh, PhD, JD

Neurosystems Laboratory and Department of Preventive Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

With a peer viewpoint by Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, Cancer Pain Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

abstract full text 706 kb

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Are Inflammatory Cytokines the Common Link Between Cancer-Associated Cachexia and Depression?
James Illman, BS, Robert Corringham, MD, Don Robinson, Jr, MSPH, Hugh M. Davis, PhD, Jean-Francois Rossi, MD, PhD, David Cella, PhD, and Mohit Trikha, PhD

Departments of Clinical Oncology and Outcomes Research, Centocor, Inc., Malvern, Pennsylvania; Hematology-Oncology Department, INSERM U475, Montpellier, France; Center on Outcomes, Research & Education, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois; Department of Non-Clinical Oncology, Development Sciences, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California

With peer viewpoints by John A. Glaspy, MD, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, and Hayley Menzies, BSc, Harvey Max Chochinov, MD, PhD, and William Breitbart, MD, Faculty of Medicine and Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

abstract full text 412 kb

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Principles of Ostomy Management in the Oncology Patient
Dorothy Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN

Emory University Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Center, Atlanta, Georgia

With peer viewpoints by Bridget O’Brien, RN, ND, CS-FNP, OCN, Lisa Baddi, DO, and Al Benson III, MD, FACP, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Janice C. Colwell, RN, MS, CWOCN, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois

abstract full text 303 kb

Original Research

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A Simplified Premedication Schedule for 1–Hour Paclitaxel Administration
Nicolas Tsavaris, MD, Christos Kosmas, MD, PhD, and Maria Vadiaka, MD

Department of Pathophysiology, Laikon General Hospital, University of Athens, Greece; Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Athens, Greece; Surgical Unit, University of Athens School of Medicine, Greece

abstract full text 110 kb

How We Do It

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Managing Pain in Patients With Aberrant Drug-Taking Behaviors
Steven D. Passik, PhD, and Kenneth L. Kirsh, PhD

Symptom Management and Palliative Care Program, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington

full text 95 kb

How We Say It

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The Curse
Lyn M. Duncan, MD

Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

full text 48 kb

Observations

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Anastrozole Better Than Tamoxifen Against Early Breast Cancer

full text 37 kb

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Study Shows Efficacy of Pegfilgrastim in First Treatment Cycle for Patients With Breast Cancer

full text 36 kb

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Palifermin Gains Approval for Treatment of Mucositis

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Post-Therapy Damage Seen on MRI Scans of Medulloblastoma Patients Can Be Mistaken for New Tumors

full text 34 kb

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Incidence of Ovarian Cancer Varies In Europe

full text 28 kb

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Studies Show Differing Views of Patients Toward Anemia Treatment

full text 41 kb

Reader Services

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Guide for Authors

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