1. The peculiar scope of “supportive care in cancer”!

   • Hans-Jörg Senn

   Editorial Pages: 331 - 332

2. Supportive care news

   • F. Stiefel

   News Pages: 333 - 334

3. Administration of chemotherapeutic agents

   • John H. Raaf

   Special Article Pages: 335 - 346

4. Empirical therapy for bacterial infections in neutropenic patients

   • Jean Klastersky

   Review Article Pages: 347 - 354

5. Viral infections in severely immunocompromised cancer patients

   • Steven M. Devine
   • John R. Wingard

   Review Article Pages: 355 - 368

6. Outpatient management of febrile episodes in neutropenic cancer patients

   • Edward B. Rubenstein
   • Kenneth Rolston

   Review Article Pages: 369 - 373

7. Overview of the role of hematopoietic growth factors in bone marrow transplant recovery and bone marrow transplant failure

   • John Nemunaitis

   Review Article Pages: 374 - 376

8. Cytoprotection: concepts and challenges

   • Franco M. Muggia

   Review Article Pages: 377 - 379

9. Amifostine: potential for clinically useful cytoprotection

   • G. T. Budd
   • V. Lorenzi
   • R. M. Bukowski

   Review Article Pages: 380 - 384

10. Association therapy as a prognostic factor in deep fungal infection complicating oncohaematological diseases

    • Enrico Pogliani
    • Enrico Clini

    Original Article Pages: 385 - 388

11. Efficacy and tolerability of nasally administered compared to parenterally administered metoclopramide in the symptomatic treatment of chemotherapy-induced emesis in cancer outpatients A controlled clinical study

    • M. Tomirotti
    • M. Dimaiuta
    • A. Scanni

    Original Article Pages: 389 - 392

12. Tropisetron (Navoban) in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting — the Nordic experience

    • Bengt Sorbe
    • Håkan Andersson
    • Väinämö Nikkanen

    Original Article Pages: 393 - 399

13. Febrile neutropenia in cancer patients in Kuwait: microbial spectrum and outcome

    • Soad Al-Bahar
    • Ramesh Pandita
    • Ebtisma Al-Bahar

    Short Communication Pages: 400 - 402

14. The management of cancer anemia

    • David H. Henry

    Short Communication Pages: 403 - 404

15. Guidelines for the assessment of quality of life in oncology —Implementing adequate methods and contents

    • Reinhold Schwarz M. D.

    Meeting Highlights Pages: 405 - 407

16. Forthcoming meetings

    Announcement Pages: 408 - 408