Volume 3, Number 6 (November/December 2005)

Bench to Bedside

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Intrathecal Drug Delivery for the Management of Cancer Pain: A Multidisciplinary Consensus of Best Clinical Practices
Lisa Stearns, MD, Richard Boortz-Marx, MD, Stuart Du Pen, MD, Gerhard Friehs, MD, Michael Gordon, MD, Michelle Halyard, MD, Laurel Herbst, MD, and Jennifer Kiser, PA-C

Valley Cancer Pain Treatment Center, Scottsdale, Arizona; Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center, LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Overlake Pain Medical Clinics, Bellevue, Washington; Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island; University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson; Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona; and the University of California, San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California

With a peer viewpoint by Richard D. Penn, MD, The University of Chicago Hospitals, Center for Advanced Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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Original Research

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A Retrospective Cohort Study to Assess the Impact of Therapeutic Substitution of Darbepoetin Alfa for Epoetin Alfa in Anemic Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Jeffrey F. Patton, MD, Toni Sullivan, RN, Yong Mun, PhD, Timothy Reeves, RN, Greg Rossi, PhD, and Joel F. Wallace, PharmD, MPH, MBA

Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, and US Medical Affairs Biostatistics, Medical Affairs Department, and Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research Department, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California

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Commentary

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Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Transformation at Life’s End: Toward a Theory of Convergence
Daniel A. Rushing, MD

Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University Department of Medicine, Indianapolis

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How We Do It

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Palliative Care for Muslim Patients
Mohammad Zafir al-Shahri, MD, and Abdullah al-Khenaizan, MD

King Faisal Cancer Center and Family Medicine Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Observations

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First Annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference: Focusing on Quality of Life as Essential to Quality Care

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Neuropathic Pain and Balance Problems Are Poorly Evaluated in Patients Receiving Taxane-Based Chemotherapy

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Experimental L-Glutamine Agent Shown Effective in Oral Mucositis

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CMS Quality Care Demonstration Project Shows Value Despite Methodological Issues

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Reader Services

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2005 Annual Index

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