January 2014 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] Predictors of anxiety and depression in people with colorectal cancer Gray NM, Hall SJ, Browne S, Johnston M, Lee AJ, Macleod U, Mitchell ED, Samuel L, Campbell NC Using questionnaires and clinical records this study investigated anxiety and depression in people […]
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December 2013 Palliat Support Care. 2013. [Epub ahead of print] The relationship between the timing of a palliative care consult and utilization outcomes for ventilator-assisted intensive care unit patients Pereira S, Kozikowski A, Pekmezaris R, Sunday S, Mir T, Saad M, Corrado L, Wolf-Klein G In a retrospective chart review of 90 patients […]
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December 2013 Clin Cancer Res. 2013. [Epub ahead of print] Comparative efficacy of bisphosphonates in metastatic breast and prostate cancer and multiple myeloma: a mixed-treatment meta-analysis Palmieri C, Fullarton JR, Brown J Using a mixed treatment comparison, the efficacy of zoledronic acid was compared to other bisphosphonates (clodronate, pamidronate and ibandronate) in patients […]
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December 2013 J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013. [Epub ahead of print] Factors Associated With Survival After Opioid Rotation in Cancer Patients Presenting to an Outpatient Supportive Care Center Reddy A, Yennurajalingam S, Cruz MD, Palla SL, Wang X, Kwon JH, Frisbee-Hume S, Bruera E This preliminary ad hoc analysis of a previously published […]
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November 2013 Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 22;7:CD003868. [Epub ahead of print] Oral morphine for cancer pain Wiffen PJ, Wee B, Moore RA This further update of a Cochrane review, first published in 2003 and updated in 2007, aimed to determine the efficacy and toxicity of oral morphine in relieving cancer pain. […]
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Shortcuts November 2013 J Palliat Med. 2013 Jul;16(7):741-4 The Role of Benzodiazepines in Breathlessness: A Single Site, Open Label Pilot of Sustained Release Morphine Together with Clonazepam Allcroft P, Margitanovic V, Greene A, Agar MR, Clark K, Abernethy AP, Currow DC This single site, open label pilot study assessed the safety and feasibility […]
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Shortcuts October 2013 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Jul 20. [Epub ahead of print] Handgrip strength predicts survival and is associated with markers of clinical and functional outcomes in advanced cancer patients Kilgour RD, Vigano A, Trutschnigg B, Lucar E, Borod M, Morais JA The relationship between handgrip strength (HGS) and survival, quality of […]
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Shortcuts August 2013 Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2013. 110(12):195-202 Dying with dementia: symptom burden, quality of care, and place of death Pinzon LC, Claus M, Perrar KM, Zepf KI, Letzel S, Weber M. This cross-sectional study contacted surviving relatives of 5000 randomly selected people who died in mid-2008 in a single German state. Relatives […]
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Shortcuts August 2013 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Sep;21(9):2599-607 Testosterone replacement for fatigue in hypogonadal ambulatory males with advanced cancer: a preliminary double-blind placebo-controlled trial Del Fabbro E, Garcia JM, Dev R, Hui D, Williams J, Engineer D, Palmer JL, Schover L, Bruera E. In this randomized, double-blinded placebo-controlled trial the effect of testosterone replacement on […]
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Shortcuts June 2013 Clin J Pain. 2013 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print] Do Patient-perceived Pros and Cons of Opioids Predict Sustained Higher-Dose Use? Thielke SM, Turner JA, Shortreed SM, Saunders K, Leresche L, Campbell CI, Weisner CC, Korff MV. Using a patient completed questionnaire, this study evaluated the effect of opioids (≥50 mg […]