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Diabetes alone should not be a reason for withholding adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer [PDF]
Background: With increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus and colon cancer, the number of patients suffering from both diseases is growing, and physicians are being faced with complicated treatment decisions.
Wouter M. W. Dercksen +11 more
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A feasibility study of oncology rehabilitation in the Australian community
Dear Editor, We carefully read the interesting report of Australian researchers (Tan et al.)1 on the feasibility of implementing an innovative, multidisciplinary, multi-site exer- cise-based rehabilitation program for cancer patients in the community ...
Vittorio Gebbia +2 more
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Italian legislation has included citizens’ active participation and voluntary associations in the phases of planning and evaluation of health-related services.
Carmela Amato +4 more
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Emotional distress in cancer patients: the Edinburgh Cancer Centre symptom study [PDF]
To: (1) estimate the prevalence of clinically significant emotional distress in patients attending a cancer outpatient department and (2) determine the associations between distress and demographic and clinical variables, we conducted a survey of ...
Fallon, M. +38 more
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Myelopathies in Patients With Cancer [PDF]
Myelopathy is a devastating neurologic complication of cancer. The resulting pain, paralysis, and incontinence can turn a patient with cancer from a functioning individual to one who is confined to a chair or bed. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy can prevent or ameliorate these symptoms and improve both duration of survival and quality of life ...
Jerome J, Graber, Craig P, Nolan
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Epidemiology and pathophysiology of cancer-associated thrombosis [PDF]
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication in patients with malignant disease. First recognised by Bouillard in 1823 and later described by Trousseau in 1844, multiple studies have since provided considerable evidence for a clinical ...
Pasi, J +5 more
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OPIOIDS IN PAIN SYNDROME MANAGEMENT (part 1)
The goal of this review is to inform doctors about new opioids currently used for routine medical practice in the most developed countries. This publication contains brief history, describes main mechanisms of opioid action, types and specific ...
D. M. Arbuck +2 more
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Completeness of case ascertainment and survival time error in English cancer registries: impact on 1-year survival estimates. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that cancer registries in England are too dependent on processing of information from death certificates, and consequently that cancer survival statistics reported for England are systematically biased and too low ...
Riaz, SP +22 more
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OPIOIDS IN PAIN SYNDROME MANAGEMENT (part 2)
The review continues informing the readers about modern opioids, the first part of the review can be found in the preceding issue. In the light of increased interest towards pain management with opioids, the article will be useful for a broad audience of
D. M. Arbuck +2 more
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Anxiety in cancer patients [PDF]
Anxiety is common in cancer patient populations, and must often initially be recognized and managed by cancer care professionals. This article reviews the recent oncology and mental health literature on anxiety. The aim is to help those involved in cancer patient care who are not specialists in mental health to understand the nature of anxiety, and ...
Stark, D P H, House, A
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