1. Publications in the Directory ONLINE FIRST

   EDITORIAL Pages: 487 - 487

2. Moving beyond acquisition cost reductionism

   • N. Neymark

   Editorial Pages: 488 - 489

3. Alliance: Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Society for Oral Oncology

   SUPPORTIVE CARE NEWS Pages: 490 - 491

4. Tumor Biology Center Freiburg, Germany

   • G. A. Nagel

   SUPPORTIVE CARE INTERNATIONAL Pages: 492 - 494

5. Controversies over spinal treatment in advanced cancer patients

   • S. Mercadante

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 495 - 502

6. Health economics of care for patients with cancer and intractable disease in Japan

   • A. Hisashige
   • Takafumi Katayama
   • Hiroaki Mikasa

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 503 - 510

7. An open-label dose comparison study of ondansetron for the prevention of emesis associated with chemotherapy prior to bone marrow transplantation

   • Cynthia L. Osowski
   • Suzanne P. Dix
   • John R. Wingard

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 511 - 517

8. A comprehensive assessment of satisfaction with care for cancer patients

   • A. Brédart
   • Darius Razavi
   • Cathy Van Heer

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 518 - 523

9. Economic aspects of empiric antibiotic therapy for febrile neutropenia in children with cancer

   • E. Castagnola
   • Dimitri Paola
   • Claudio Viscoli

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 524 - 528

10. Bus rounds for medical congresses on palliative care

    • E. Bruera
    • Hugo Fornells
    • Catherine M. Neumann

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 529 - 532

11. Rifampicin as treatment for pruritus in malignant cholestasis

    • T. J. Price
    • W. K. Patterson
    • I. N. Olver

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 533 - 535

12. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome during haloperidol treatment in a cancer patient

    • Keiko Tanaka
    • Tatsuo Akechi
    • Yosuke Uchitomi

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 536 - 538

13. Concurrent validity of the modified Edmonton Symptom Assessment System with the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist and the Brief Pain Inventory

    • J. Philip
    • W. B. Smith
    • N. Lickiss

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 539 - 541