Volume 21, Issue 7, July 2013

In this issue (35 articles)

1. 

   Case Study

   The utility of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat recurrent acute bowel obstruction after previous pelvic radiotherapy: a case series

   M. J. Abu-Asi, H. J. N. Andreyev Pages 1797-1800

2. 

   Letter to the editor

   Response to “Topical agent therapy for prevention and treatment of radiodermatitis: a meta-analysis”

   R. J. Chan Pages 1801-1802

3. 

   Letter to the editor

   Sustained resolution of anemia without any treatment after excessive therapeutic response to human recombinant erythropoietin in three patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

   Pasquale Niscola, Andrea Tendas, Marco Giovannini… Pages 1803-1805

4. 

   Original Article

   Hair mass index obtained by cross-section trichometry: an objective and clinically useful parameter to quantify hair in chemotherapy-induced alopecia

   Rowena E. Vleut, Joyce E. A. M. van Poppel, Marcus W. Dercksen… Pages 1807-1814

5. Original Article

   Facilitating the integration of emotional states in patients’ personal disease experience with cancer: a new brief intervention for managing psychological distress

   Maria Antonietta Annunziata, Barbara Muzzatti… Pages 1815-1819

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6. 

   Original Article

   Relationships between hepatitis B infection status and liver dysfunction after chemotherapy of lung cancer patients in mainland China

   Huang Ruofan, Zhan Qiong, Zhou Xinli, Chu Zhaohui… Pages 1821-1826

7. 

   Original Article

   Medication use in breast cancer survivors compared to midlife women

   Julie L. Otte, Todd C. Skaar, Jingwei Wu, Menggang Yu… Pages 1827-1833

8. 

   Original Article

   Pancreatic cancer and supportive care—pancreatic exocrine insufficiency negatively impacts on quality of life

   H. M. Gooden, K. J. White Pages 1835-1841

9. 

   Original Article

   Biomarkers of chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea: a clinical study of intestinal microbiome alterations, inflammation and circulating matrix metalloproteinases

   Andrea M. Stringer, Noor Al-Dasooqi, Joanne M. Bowen… Pages 1843-1852

10. 

    Original Article

    Opioid use and effectiveness of its prescription at discharge in an acute pain relief and palliative care unit

    Sebastiano Mercadante, Giovanna Prestia, Maurizio Ranieri… Pages 1853-1859

11. 

    Original Article

    Cancer patients’ experiences with and perceived outcomes of yoga: results from focus groups

    C. F. van Uden-Kraan, M. J. M Chinapaw, C. H. C. Drossaert… Pages 1861-1870

12. 

    Original Article

    The frequency, cost, and clinical outcomes of hypernatremia in patients hospitalized to a comprehensive cancer center

    Abdulla K. Salahudeen, Simit M. Doshi, Pankaj Shah Pages 1871-1878

13. 

    Original Article

    Use of cancer therapy at the end of life in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Steven C. Kao, Nico van Zandwijk, Peter Corte… Pages 1879-1884

14. 

    Original Article

    Outcomes in critically ill chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

    Aliénor Xhaard, Loic Epelboin, David Schnell, François Vincent… Pages 1885-1891

15. 

    Original Article

    Minimal clinically important differences in the brief pain inventory in patients with bone metastases

    Karrie Wong, Liang Zeng, Liying Zhang, Gillian Bedard… Pages 1893-1899

16. 

    Original Article

    Return to work after treatment for primary breast cancer over a 6-year period: results from a prospective study comparing patients with the general population

    Dorothee Noeres, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Jördis Grabow… Pages 1901-1909

17. 

    Original Article

    Toward clinical care guidelines for supporting rehabilitative vaginal dilator use with women recovering from cervical cancer

    Kimberley Cullen, Karen Fergus, Tracey DasGupta, Iwa Kong… Pages 1911-1917

18. 

    Original Article

    Experiences with the FACT-EGFRI-18 instrument in EGFRI-associated mucocutaneous adverse events

    Christine B. Boers-Doets, Hans Gelderblom, Mario E. Lacouture… Pages 1919-1926

19. 

    Original Article

    Psychometric evaluation of the Offspring Cancer Needs Instrument (OCNI): an instrument to assess the psychosocial unmet needs of young people who have a parent with cancer

    P. Patterson, F. E. J. McDonald, P. Butow, K. J. White… Pages 1927-1938

20. 

    Original Article

    Spiritual well-being in lung cancer survivors

    Marlene H. Frost, Paul J. Novotny, Mary E. Johnson… Pages 1939-1946