Volume 4, Number 6 (June 2006)

Bench to Bedside

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Palliative Percutaneous Drainage in Malignant Biliary Obstruction, Part 1: Indications and Preprocedure Evaluation
Anne M. Covey, MD, and Karen T. Brown, MD

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

abstract full text 240 kb

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Arachidonic Acid Pathways in Nociception
Howard S. Smith, MD, FACP

Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York

abstract full text 326 kb

Original Research

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A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Long-Acting Octreotide for the Optimum Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Diarrhea: Results of the STOP Trial
Stephen H. Rosenoff, MD, Nashat Y. Gabrail, MD, Richard Conklin, MD, John A. Hohneker, MD, William J. Berg, MD, Ghulam Warsi, PhD, Jennifer Maloney, MBA, John J. Benedetto, MS, Elizabeth A. Miles, MS, Wei Zhu, MD, and Lowell Anthony, MD

Oncology and Hematology Associates/US Oncology, Roanoke, Virginia; Gabrail Cancer Center, Canton, Ohio; Oncology Services of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, South Dakota; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey; Louisiana State University Health Services Center, New Orleans

abstract full text 164 kb

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The Adherence to Practice Guidelines in the Assessment of Bone Health in Women With Chemotherapy-Induced Menopause
Yee-Lu Tham, MD, Krystal Sexton, MS, Heidi L. Weiss, PhD, Richard M. Elledge, MD, Lois C. Friedman, PhD, and Rita M. Kramer, MD

Breast Care Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

abstract full text 104 kb

How We Say It

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Contrasts, Conflicts, and Change: A Case in Cultural Oncology
Anand Dhruva, MD, Judy Cheng, MD, PhD, Myron Kwong, MD, Judith A. Luce MD, and Donald I. Abrams, MD

Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco

full text 96 kb

Letters to the Editor

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Pathophysiology and Management of Fever Revisited
H. Ian Robins, MD, PhD, Kimberly Brandt, RN, MBA, and Walter L. Longo, MD

Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin

full text 96 kb

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