Vol 7, No 2 (April 30, 2018) - Annals of Palliative Medicine

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Symptom control, treatment-induced nausea prophylaxis, and palliative radiation therapy

Charles B. Simone II

PDF Pages: E2-E4 Full Text (2041) Open Access

Original Article

A fetal diagnostic center’s referral rate for perinatal palliative care

Krishelle L. Marc-Aurele, Andrew D. Hull, Marilyn C. Jones, Dolores H. Pretorius

PDF Pages: 177-185 Full Text (4526) Open Access

Impact of a dedicated palliative radiation oncology service on the use of single fraction and hypofractionated radiation therapy among patients with bone metastases

Sonia Skamene, Isha Agarwal, Maggie Makar, Monica Krishnan, Alex Spektor, Lauren Hertan, Kent W. Mouw, Allison Taylor, Sarah Noveroske Philbrick, Tracy Balboni

PDF Pages: 186-191 Full Text (2525) Open Access

Symptom clusters using the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL in palliative radiotherapy

Vithusha Ganesh, Liying Zhang, Bo Angela Wan, Leah Drost, May Tsao, Elizabeth Barnes, Carlo DeAngelis, Hans Chung, Patrick Diaz, Edward Chow

PDF Pages: 192-204 Full Text (3286) Open Access

The use of ketamine in a palliative-supportive care unit: a retrospective analysis

Sebastiano Mercadante, Amanda Caruselli, Alessandra Casuccio

PDF Pages: 205-210 Full Text (8889) Open Access

A pilot study with palonosetron in the prophylaxis of radiation-induced nausea and vomiting

Vithusha Ganesh, Leah Drost, Carlo DeAngelis, Bo Angela Wan, Mark Pasetka, Stephanie Chan, Liying Zhang, May Tsao, Elizabeth Barnes, Natalie Pulenzas, Hans Chung, Pearl Zaki, Caitlin Yee, Edward Chow

PDF Pages: 211-220 Full Text (2454) Open Access

Efficacy of the combination neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist, palonosetron, and dexamethasone compared to others for the prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Ronald Chow, May Tsao, Leonard Chiu, Marko Popovic, Milica Milakovic, Henry Lam, Carlo DeAngelis

PDF Pages: 221-233 Full Text (4259) Open Access

Management of metastatic spinal cord compression among Veterans Health Administration radiation oncologists

Ruchika Gutt, Sheetal Malhotra, Shruti Jolly, Drew Moghanaki, Alice V. Cheuk, Helen Fosmire, Maria Kelly, Lori Hoffman-Hogg, Stephen Lutz, Mitchell Anscher, George Dawson, On behalf of the Veterans Health Administration Palliative Radiotherapy Task Force

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Longevity after radiotherapy of stage III lung cancer: superior vena cava obstruction is associated with early mortality

Federico L. Ampil, Gloria Caldito, Srinivas Devarakonda, Moiz Vora, Glenn Mills, Shawn Milligan

PDF Pages: 242-248 Full Text (5071) Open Access

Patterns of symptom control and palliative care-focused original research articles in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics and the Radiotherapy and Oncology Journal, 2005–2014

Diana D. Shi, Julia DiGiovanni, Sonia Skamene, Sarah Noveroske Philbrick, Yanbing Wang, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Edward Chow, Adam Sullivan, Tracy A. Balboni

PDF Pages: 249-255 Full Text (2353) Open Access

Review Article

Sexual healthcare for cancer patients receiving palliative care: a narrative review

Katie Wang, Krista Ariello, Matthew Choi, Angela Turner, Bo Angela Wan, Caitlin Yee, Leigha Rowbottom, Rachel Macdonald, Henry Lam, Leah Drost, Edward Chow

PDF Pages: 256-264 Full Text (6692) Open Access