Volume 6, Number 4 (April 2008)

Bench to Bedside

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Psychologic Distress and Head and Neck Cancer: Part 1—Review of the Literature
Kirsten L. Haman, PhD

Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

The first of two articles that focus on psychologic distress in patients with head and neck cancer, this article examines the literature on the assessment and management of distress.

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PEER VIEWPOINTS
Practical Suggestions for Dealing With Distress in the Patient With Head and Neck Cancer
Robert Buckman, PhD, MD, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Alcohol and Nicotine Dependency in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Walter F. Baile, MD, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

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Original Research

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Patient/Caregiver Influences for Declining Participation in Supportive Oncology Trials
Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH, Lori L. DuBenske, PhD, Susan Dinauer, BA, David H. Gustafson, PhD, Fiona McTavish, MS, and James F. Cleary, MBBS, FRACP

Palliative Care Consultation Service and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, the Departments of Industrial Engineering and Preventive Medicine, and the Palliative Medicine Program, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Enrolling adequate numbers of subjects to research projects that focus on the supportive needs of patients and caregivers is difficult and significantly impedes investigation of this important research area. The authors describe why patients and their caregivers declined to participate in one of two randomized, longitudinal clinical trials of a Web-based information and support system for people with advanced cancer and their primary caregivers. The information gained may help researchers plan recruitment strategies and enrollment targets.

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The Greatest Challenges Reported by Long-Term Colorectal Cancer Survivors With Stomas
Carmit K. McMullen, PhD, Mark C. Hornbrook, PhD, Marcia Grant, RN, DNSc, Carol M. Baldwin, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, Christopher S. Wendel, MS, M. Jane Mohler, RN, MPH, PhD, Andrea Altschuler, PhD, Michelle Ramirez, PhD, and Robert S. Krouse, MD

Center for Health Research, Northwest/Hawaii/Southeast, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon; City of Hope National Medical Center/Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, California; Arizona State University College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Southwest Borderlands Scholar, Phoenix, Arizona; Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona; University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California; University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona

The greatest challenges reported by 178 colorectal cancer survivors with ostomies confirmed the Institute of Medicine’s findings that survivorship is a distinct, chronic phase of cancer care and that cancer’s effects are broad and pervasive.

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Quality-of-Life Outcomes

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Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Socioeconomic Well-Being in Persons With Cancer
Barbara Anderson Head, PhD, RN, CHPN, ACSW, and Anna C. Faul, PhD

Interdisciplinary Program for Palliative Care and Chronic Illness, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky, and Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Kentucky

Socioeconomic factors substantially impact the quality of life (QOL) of persons diagnosed with cancer, yet socioeconomic well-being seldom is included as an essential domain when overall QOL is measured. This study details the development and psychometric analysis of a scale for measuring socioeconomic well-being in persons diagnosed with cancer.

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Letter to the Editor

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Urinary and Rectal Incontinence During Gabapentin Therapy
Renuka Iyer, MD, Lori Egloff, RPA-C, Jamie Fraas, RPA-C, and Juan-Diego Harris, MD

Departments of Medicine and of Anesthesia and Palliative Care, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

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