1. Can a phone call be more effective than an intrathecal implanted pump?

   • Sebastiano Mercadante
   • Patrizia Giardina

   Letter to the Editor 07 December 2012 Pages: 1213 - 1215

2. Acupuncture for the treatment of cancer pain: a systematic review. Response to authors

   • Carole Paley

   Letter to the Editor 11 January 2013 Pages: 1217 - 1217

   

3. Spiritual well-being and quality of life in Iranian women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy

   • Najmeh Jafari
   • Ziba Farajzadegan
   • Amir Loghmani

   Original Article 10 November 2012 Pages: 1219 - 1225

4. Use of injectable spasticity management agents in a cancer center

   • Jack Fu
   • Carolina Gutiérrez
   • Shana Palla

   Original Article 11 November 2012 Pages: 1227 - 1232

5. Advance care planning among Colombian, Mexican, and Puerto Rican women with a cancer diagnosis

   • Iraida V. Carrion
   • Frances R. Nedjat-Haiem
   • Heide Castañeda

   Original Article 29 November 2012 Pages: 1233 - 1239

6. Developing a national ‘low risk’ febrile neutropenia framework for use in children and young people's cancer care

   • F Gibson
   • J Chisholm
   • on behalf of the CCLG Supportive Care Group

   Original Article 20 December 2012 Pages: 1241 - 1251

   

7. Online communities for breast cancer survivors: a review and analysis of their characteristics and levels of use

   • Jacqueline L. Bender
   • M. Carolina Jimenez-Marroquin
   • Alejandro R. Jadad

   Original Article 23 November 2012 Pages: 1253 - 1263

   

8. Efficacy of prophylactic lamivudine to prevent hepatitis B virus reactivation in B-cell lymphoma treated with rituximab-containing chemotherapy

   • Yin-Hua Wang
   • Lei Fan
   • Wei Xu

   Original Article 15 November 2012 Pages: 1265 - 1271

9. In search of the sixth vital sign: cancer care in Romania

   • Csaba L. Dégi

   Original Article 15 November 2012 Pages: 1273 - 1280

10. Evaluation of intrapsychic processes, anxiety, and depression in postmenopausal women affected by breast cancer: a case–control study

    • Anna Vespa
    • Marica Ottaviani
    • Lodovico Balducci

    Original Article 21 December 2012 Pages: 1281 - 1286

    

11. The impact of medication therapy management in older oncology patients

    • Ting Ting Yeoh
    • Phebe Si
    • Lita Chew

    Original Article 25 November 2012 Pages: 1287 - 1293

12. The minimal clinical important difference in the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument—100

    • Brenda L. Den Oudsten
    • Wobbe P. Zijlstra
    • Jolanda De Vries

    Original Article 01 December 2012 Pages: 1295 - 1301

13. Racial disparities in the use of palliative therapy for ureteral obstruction among elderly patients with advanced prostate cancer

    • Benjamin A. Spencer
    • Beverly J. Insel
    • Alfred I. Neugut

    Original Article 06 January 2013 Pages: 1303 - 1311

14. Identification of clinical predictive factors of oxaliplatin-induced chronic peripheral neuropathy in colorectal cancer patients treated with adjuvant Folfox IV

    • Bruno Vincenzi
    • Anna Maria Frezza
    • Giuseppe Tonini

    Original Article 30 November 2012 Pages: 1313 - 1319

    

15. Symptom to door interval in febrile neutropenia: perspective in India

    • Sapna Oberoi
    • Amita Trehan
    • Deepak Bansal

    Original Article 15 December 2012 Pages: 1321 - 1327

    

16. Treatment of acute and chronic focal neuropathic pain in cancer patients with lidocaine 5 % patches. A radiation and oncology department experience

    • Escarlata López Ramírez

    Original Article 15 December 2012 Pages: 1329 - 1334

17. A retrospective study to evaluate the time burden associated with outpatient red blood transfusions indicated for anemia due to concomitantly administered chemotherapy in cancer patients

    • Sanatan Shreay
    • Marie-Pierre Desrosiers
    • Krista Payne

    Original Article Open access 22 December 2012 Pages: 1335 - 1340

18. Predicting quality of life after breast cancer surgery using ANN-based models: performance comparison with MR

    • Jinn-Tsong Tsai
    • Ming-Feng Hou
    • Hon-Yi Shi

    Original Article 01 December 2012 Pages: 1341 - 1350

    

19. Advanced lung cancer patients’ experience with continuity of care and supportive care needs

    • Amna Husain
    • Lisa Barbera
    • Jonathan Sussman

    Original Article 29 December 2012 Pages: 1351 - 1358

    

20. Antioxidant supplementation has a positive effect on oxidative stress and hematological toxicity during oncology treatment in cervical cancer patients

    • Vanessa Fuchs-Tarlovsky
    • María Amanda Casillas Rivera
    • Guillermo Manuel Ceballos-Reyes

    Original Article 14 December 2012 Pages: 1359 - 1363

21. Development of anxiety and depression in patients with benign intracranial meningiomas: a prospective long-term study

    • Simone Goebel
    • H. Maximilian Mehdorn

    Original Article 14 December 2012 Pages: 1365 - 1372

    

22. Quality of care for cancer patients on home parenteral nutrition: development of key interventions and outcome indicators using a two-round Delphi approach

    • Mira Dreesen
    • Veerle Foulon
    • Ludo Willems

    Original Article 11 December 2012 Pages: 1373 - 1381

23. Quality of life in patients with muscle invasive and non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

    • S. Singer
    • C. Ziegler
    • T. Schulte

    Original Article 14 December 2012 Pages: 1383 - 1393

    

24. Validation of the revised Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale in Greek caregivers of patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative radiotherapy

    • Ourania Govina
    • Grigorios Kotronoulas
    • Elisabeth Patiraki

    Original Article 14 December 2012 Pages: 1395 - 1404

    

25. Touch, Caring, and Cancer: randomized controlled trial of a multimedia caregiver education program

    • William Collinge
    • Janet Kahn
    • Robert Soltysik

    Original Article Open access 21 December 2012 Pages: 1405 - 1414

    

26. Non-malignant causes of hypercalcemia in cancer patients: a frequent and neglected occurrence

    • M. S. Soyfoo
    • K. Brenner
    • J. J. Body

    Original Article 11 December 2012 Pages: 1415 - 1419

27. Effect of low-level laser therapy on patient reported measures of oral mucositis and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemoradiotherapy—a randomized controlled trial

    • Ajay Prashad Gautam
    • Donald J. Fernandes
    • Shantling Nigudgi

    Original Article 08 December 2012 Pages: 1421 - 1428

    

28. Evaluating a knowledge exchange intervention in cancer survivorship care: a workshop to foster implementation of Online Support Groups

    • Arminee Kazanjian
    • Kirsten Smillie
    • Joanne Stephen

    Original Article Open access 29 December 2012 Pages: 1429 - 1435

29. The attitudes of Korean cancer patients, family caregivers, oncologists, and members of the general public toward advance directives

    • Bhumsuk Keam
    • Young Ho Yun
    • Mison Chun

    Original Article 22 December 2012 Pages: 1437 - 1444

30. “To Cherish Each Day as it Comes”: a qualitative study of spirituality among persons receiving palliative care

    • Gudlaug Helga Asgeirsdottir
    • Einar Sigurbjörnsson
    • Ewan Kelly

    Original Article 04 January 2013 Pages: 1445 - 1451

31. Efficacy of oral palonosetron compared to intravenous palonosetron for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting associated with moderately emetogenic chemotherapy: a phase 3 trial

    • Ralph Boccia
    • Steven Grunberg
    • Daniel Voisin

    Original Article Open access 26 January 2013 Pages: 1453 - 1460

    

32. Pharmacological and non-hormonal treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer survivors: CEPO review and recommendations

    • Sylvain L’Espérance
    • Suzanne Frenette
    • Comité de l’évolution des pratiques en oncologie (CEPO)

    Review Article 23 February 2013 Pages: 1461 - 1474

33. Clinical review of physical activity and functional considerations in head and neck cancer patients

    • Klaudia U. Hunter
    • Shruti Jolly

    Review Article 17 February 2013 Pages: 1475 - 1479

34. Thromboembolic disease in cancer patients

    • Nadia Hindi
    • Nazaret Cordero
    • Enrique Espinosa

    Review Article 21 February 2013 Pages: 1481 - 1486

35. The Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) risk index score: 10 years of use for identifying low-risk febrile neutropenic cancer patients

    • Jean Klastersky
    • Marianne Paesmans

    Review Article 27 February 2013 Pages: 1487 - 1495

36. Validation of the Chinese version of the Resilience Scale and its cutoff score for detecting low resilience in Chinese cancer patients

    • Jun Tian
    • Jin Sheng Hong

    Short Communication 30 December 2012 Pages: 1497 - 1502

37. Clinic-based depression screening in lung cancer patients using the PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 depression questionnaires: a pilot study

    • J. Michael Randall
    • Rochelle Voth
    • Wayne A. Bardwell

    Short Communication 17 January 2013 Pages: 1503 - 1507