Study protocol: addressing evidence and context to facilitate transfer and uptake of consultation recording use in oncology: a knowledge translation implementation study [PDF]
Background: The time period from diagnosis to the end of treatment is challenging for newly diagnosed cancer patients. Patients have a substantial need for information, decision aids, and psychosocial support.
Degner, Lesley F+4 more
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Precision oncology: the intention-to-treat analysis fallacy. [PDF]
It has recently been suggested that precision oncology studies should be reanalysed using the intention-to-treat (ITT) methodology developed for randomized controlled clinical trials.
Kato, Shumei+3 more
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Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA): Timelines Analysis and Policy Implications [PDF]
© 2019 Salek, Lussier Hoskyn, Johns, Allen and Sehgal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).This analysis follows our recent study showing that Canadian public reimbursement delays
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Pharmacovigilance in oncology [PDF]
AbstractBackground Side effects of cancer therapy are one of the most important issues faced by cancer patients during their illness. Pharmacovigilance, namely the science and activities aimed at monitoring the safety of drugs, is particularly important in oncology, due to the intrinsic biologic toxicity of antineoplastic agents, their narrow ...
Paolo Baldo+4 more
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Attitudes of advanced Australian medical oncology trainees to rural practice [PDF]
Aim: To identify the views of medical oncology trainees regarding rural training posts and rural practice overall, and to identify factors that may improve recruitment. Methods: A questionnaire was posted to all advanced oncology trainees in Australia
Clarke, Kerrie A.+4 more
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Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use in geriatric oncology. [PDF]
Polypharmacy is a highly prevalent problem in older persons, and is challenging to assess and improve due to variations in definitions of the problem and the heterogeneous methods of medication review and reduction.
Aparicio+65 more
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Predicting opioid therapy safety in pancreatic cancer patients
Background — Obligatory use of strong opioids for treating chronic pain syndrome in patients with pancreatic cancer provides the implementation of opioid-associated adverse reactions.
Olga P. Bobrova+3 more
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Adjuvant therapy for early uterine high-grade leiomyosarcoma [PDF]
TO THE EDITOR: The article by Hensley et al1 recently published in Journal of Clinical Oncology was interesting, even if apparently negative (Gynecology Oncology Group [GOG]-0277 randomized phase III trial). The study investigated the activity and safety
Panici, P. B., Tomao, F., Tomao, S.
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Magnons in Ferromagnetic Metallic Manganites [PDF]
Ferromagnetic (FM) manganites, a group of likely half-metallic oxides, are of special interest not only because they are a testing ground of the classical doubleexchange interaction mechanism for the colossal magnetoresistance, but also because they ...
Dai, Pengcheng+5 more
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Fibrolamellar Carcinoma: A Multimodal Approach
Fibrolamellar carcinoma is a rare variant of hepatocellular carcinoma not associated with cirrhosis or viral hepatitis. Serum alpha-fetoprotein levels are usually normal; the histology is of a well-differentiated tumor, and the staging is the same as for
João Vasco Barreira+6 more
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