Volume 4, Number 1 (January 2006)

Bench to Bedside

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Pathophysiology and Management of Fever
Shalini Dalal, MD, and Donna S. Zhukovsky, MD, FACP

Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

abstract full text 178 kb

 

PEER VIEWPOINT
Pathophysiology and Management of Fever—We Know Less Than We Should
Philip A. Mackowiak, MD, MBA, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

full text 52 kb

Clinical Observation

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Domestic Violence Against Women With Cancer: Examples and Review of the Literature
Noelle K. Schmidt, MD, Teresa E. Woods, PhD, and James A. Stewart, MD

University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison

abstract full text 134 kb

 

PEER VIEWPOINT
Cancer Patients and Domestic Violence: Providing Safety and Support
Richard T. Hara, PhD, MS, and Susannah L. Rose, MS, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

full text 68 kb

Quality-of-Life Outcomes

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Measuring the Maintenance of Daily Life Activities Using the Functional Living Index-Emesis (FLIE) in Patients Receiving Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy
Georgia M. Decker, MS, RN, CS-ANP, CN, AOCN, Elaine S. DeMeyer, RN, MSN, AOCN, and Deborah L. Kisko, RN, BSN, OCN, CCRC

Integrative Care, NP, PC, Albany, New York; Creative Cancer Concepts, Inc., Rockwall, Texas; and Pasco Pinellas Cancer Center, New Port Richey, Florida

abstract full text 280 kb

How We Do It

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How to Use Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants as Adjuvant Analgesics in the Treatment of Neuropathic Cancer Pain
Amy A. McDonald, MD, and Russell K. Portenoy, MD

VA Western New York Healthcare System and State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, and Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

full text 194 kb

Observations

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Megestrol Acetate May Combat Weight Loss During Radiation Treatments

full text 39 kb

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