Volume 5, Number 4 (April 2007)

Bench to Bedside

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Cancer Cachexia and Targeting Chronic Inflammation: A Unified Approach to Cancer Treatment and Palliative/Supportive Care
Neil MacDonald, CM, MD, FRCP(Edin)

McGill Cancer Nutrition and Rehabilitation Programme, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

abstract full text 156 kb

 

PEER VIEWPOINTS
Inflammation and Cancer: From Bench to Bedside?
Alberto Mantovani, MD, Antonio Sica, PhD, and Paola Allavena, MD, Istituto Clinico Humanitas and University of Milan, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

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Diagnose and Treat, but Start Nutritional/Metabolic Supportive Therapy at the Same Time!
Henriette Kirchner, MS, Alessandro Laviano, MD, and Michael M. Meguid, MD, PhD, Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

full text 80 kb

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Symptom Clusters in Cancer Patients and Their Relation to EGFR Ligand Modulation of the Circadian Axis
Tyvin A. Rich, MD, FACR

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville

abstract full text 409 kb

 

PEER VIEWPOINT
Understanding the Mechanism of Circadian Modulation to Improve the Quality of Life for Cancer Patients
Loning Fu, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service’s Childrens’ Nutrition Research Center, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

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Original Research

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Leveling the Playing Field: The Personal Coach Program as an Innovative Approach to Assess and Address the Supportive Care Needs of Underserved Cancer Patients
Joanne Hohenadel, BASc, Elizabeth Kaegi, MB, ChB, MSc, Jack Laidlaw, MD, PhD, Galina Kovacik, BPHE, Andrea Cortinois, MPH, Rita Kang, BSW, MEd, and Alejandro R. Jadad, MD, DPhil

Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cancer Care Ontario and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada

abstract full text 227 kb

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Dietary Supplement Usage by Patients With Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: Does Prognosis or Cancer Symptoms Predict Usage?
Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, Edward Greeno, MD, and Brent A. Bauer, MD

Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, and Division of Hematology, Transplantation and Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

abstract full text 84 kb

How We Do It

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Aqua Lymphatic Therapy in Managing Lower Extremity Lymphedema
Dorit Tidhar, BPT, Jacqueline Drouin, PHD, PT, and Avi Shimony, MD

Department of Physiotherapy, Macabbi Healthcare Services, Netivot, Israel; Department of Physical Therapy, University of Michigan–Flint, Flint; and Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, Be’er Sheba, Israel

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