May 2014 J Clin Oncol. 2014 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print] Prevention and Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Hershman DL, Lacchetti C, Dworkin RH, Lavoie Smith EM, Bleeker J, Cavaletti G, Chauhan C, Gavin P, Lavino A, Lustberg MB, Paice […]
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May 2014 BMJ 2014 March. [Epub ahead of print] Associations between palliative chemotherapy and adult cancer patients’ end of life care and place of death: prospective cohort study Alexi A Wright, Baohui Zhang, Nancy L Keating, Jane C Weeks, Holly G Prigerson This study investigated the relationship between chemotherapy in patients with metastatic cancer […]
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May 2014 Cancer J. 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):8-14 A Randomized, Double-blind, 2-Period, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial of a Sustained-Release Methylphenidate in the Treatment of Fatigue in Cancer Patients Escalante CP, Meyers C, Reuben JM, Wang X, Qiao W, Manzullo E, Alvarez RH, Morrow PK,Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Wang XS, Mendoza T, Liu W, Holmes H, Hwang J, Pisters K, […]
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May 2014 J Anal Toxicol. 2013 Oct;37(8):476-85 In vitro inhibition of methadone and oxycodone cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism: reversible inhibition by H2-receptor agonists and proton-pump inhibitors Moody DE, Liu F, Fang WB The effect of Histamine 2 (H2)-receptor antagonists and proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) on the metabolism of oxycodone and methadone was evaluated in an in vitro […]
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April 2014 Palliat Med. 2013 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print] Economic impact of hospitalisations among patients in the last year of life: An observational study Gardiner C, Ward S, Gott M, Ingleton C In this observational retrospective study in two English hospitals, 483 patients who died within 1 year of admission to hospital, […]
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March 2014 J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Jan 2;3(1):e000544. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000544. “Not the ‘grim reaper service’”: an assessment of provider knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding palliative care referral barriers in heart failure Kavalieratos D, Mitchell EM, Carey TS, Dev S, Biddle AK, Reeve BB, Abernethy AP, Weinberger M To investigate barriers to palliative care […]
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March 2014 J Affect Disord. 2013 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] Pre-loss symptoms related to risk of complicated grief in caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients Nanni MG, Biancosino B, Grassi L This study investigated the relationship between pre-loss criteria for complicated grief and post- bereavement diagnosis of complicated grief. This was carried […]
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February 2014 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] Reducing potentially inappropriate medications in palliative cancer patients: evidence to support deprescribing approaches Lindsay J, Dooley M, Martin J, Fay M, Kearney A, Barras M This systematic review using Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, IPA, and CINAHL evaluates potentially inappropriate medications in […]
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February 2014 J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] Primary Thromboprophylaxis in Hospices: The Association Between Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Development of Symptoms Johnson MJ, McMillan B, Fairhurst C, Gabe R, Ward J, Wiseman J, Pollington B, Noble SI This retrospective case-note study investigated the relationship between risk […]
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January 2014 J Surg Oncol. 2014 Jan 7. [Epub ahead of print] Complications and survival associated with operative procedures in patients with unresectable pancreatic head adenocarcinoma Spanheimer PM, Cyr AR, Liao J, Johlin FC, Hoshi H, Howe JR, Mezhir JJ In a retrospective chart review study from 1997 to 2013 in a US […]