Volume 5, Number 3 (March 2007)

Bench to Bedside

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Anemia and Cancer in Older Persons
Brenda W. Penninx, PhD, Harvey Jay Cohen, MD, and Richard C. Woodman, MD

EMGO Institute, VU University, Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, LLC, Bridgewater, New Jersey

abstract full text 160 kb

 

PEER VIEWPOINTS
An Overlooked Problem: Anemia in the Elderly Patient With Cancer
Lodovico Balducci, MD, Division of Geriatric Oncology, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida

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Aging, Cancer, and Anemia: Intertwined and Resolvable
John M. Bennett, MD, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York

full text 54 kb

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Symptom Control Trials: A 20-Year Experience
Charles L. Loprinzi, MD, Debra L. Barton, RN, PhD, Aminah Jatoi, MD, Jeff Sloan, PhD, Jim Martenson, MD, David Steensma, MD, Ravi Rao, MD, Paul Novotny, MS,Amit Sood, MD, Axel Grothey, MD, Lori Minasian, MD, and Harold Windschitl, MD

Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Cancer Center Statistics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Hematology, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; and CentraCare Clinic, St. Cloud, Minnesota

abstract full text 160 kb

 

PEER VIEWPOINT
The Right Stuff to Advance the Science of Comfort
Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, Doris A. Howell Service, Moores University of California San Diego Cancer Center, and Center for Palliative Studies, San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care, San Diego, California

full text 56 kb

Original Research

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Oncologist-Patient Discussion of Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Breast Cancer: Results of a Linguistic Study Focusing on Adherence and Persistence to Therapy
Brad Davidson, PhD, Victor Vogel, MD, and Lawrence Wickerham, MD

CommonHealth, Parsippany, New Jersey; Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

abstract full text 112 kb

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All Patient Refined-Diagnostic Related Group and Case Mix Index in Acute Care Palliative Medicine
Ruth L. Lagman, MD, MPH, Declan Walsh, MSc, FACP, FRCP, Mellar P. Davis, MD, FCCP, and Brett Young, BS

The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine and the Department of Medical Operations, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

abstract full text 104 kb

How We Do It

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Use of Warfarin in the Patient With Cancer
Joanna Maudlin Pangilinan, PharmD, BCOP, Percival H. Pangilinan Jr, MD, and Francis P. Worden, MD

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor

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