Volume 3, Number 5 (September/October 2005)

Bench to Bedside

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Clinical Predictors of Survival in Advanced Cancer
Paul Glare, MD

Department of Palliative Care, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

With peer viewpoints by Charles Loprinzi, MD, and David Steensma, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Eduardo Bruera, MD, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

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Pathogenesis and Management of Cancer-Related Insomnia
Gina Graci, PhD

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois

With peer viewpoints by Josée Savard, PhD, Laval University Cancer Research Center and School of Psychology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada, and Elizabeth Kvale, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Palliative Care, Birmingham

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Original Research

369

Palonosetron Improves Prevention of Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting in Elderly Patients
Matti S. Aapro, MD, Alberto Macciocchi, MD, MFPM, and Cesare Gridelli, MD

Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute, Clinique de Genolier, Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland; Helsinn Healthcare, SA, Lugano, Switzerland; and Division of Medical Oncology, S.G. Moscati Hospital, Avellino, Italy

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Quality-of-Life Outcomes

377

The Functional Assessment of Anorexia/Cachexia Therapy (FAACT) Appetite Scale in Veteran Cancer Patients
Victor T. Chang, MD, Qi Xia, MS, and Basil Kasimis, MD, DSc

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, and Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

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How We Do It

384

How to Reduce Fears of Legal/Regulatory Scrutiny in Managing Pain in Cancer Patients
June L. Dahl, PhD

University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison

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How We Say It

328

Collaborative Cancer Care
Dean Schuyler, MD, and Frank Brescia, MD

Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, and Hollings Cancer Center of the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

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Observations

348

Selective Opioid Antagonist Improves Constipation in Terminally Ill Patients

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Pegfilgrastim + Ciprofloxacin Offers Protection Against Febrile Neutropenia During Treatment With TAC

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