1. Psychotropics in supportive care: first assess, then prescribe

   • F. Stiefel
   • D. Razavi

   EDITORIAL Pages: 371 - 372

2. Vascular access investigation comes of age

   • César O. Freytes

   EDITORIAL Pages: 373 - 374

3. Supportive care news

   Pages: 375 - 376

4. Caring for terminally ill patients

   • Thomas Binsack

   SUPPORTIVE CARE INTERNATIONAL Pages: 377 - 378

5. Psychopharmacology in supportive care in cancer: a review for the clinician

   • F. Stiefel
   • A. Berney
   • C. Mazzocato

   SPECIAL ARTICLE Pages: 379 - 385

6. Intravascular catheters impregnated with antimicrobial agents: a milestone in the prevention of bloodstream infections

   • I. Raad
   • Hend Hanna

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 386 - 390

7. Strategies for prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections

   • Antonio Sitges-Serra

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 391 - 395

8. Psychological impact of informed consent in hospitalized cancer patients

   • I. Hyodo
   • K. Eguchi
   • R. Inoue

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 396 - 399

9. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30): translation and validation study of the Iranian version

   • A. Montazeri
   • Iraj Harirchi
   • Mehregan Haji-Mahmoodi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 400 - 406

10. Quantity and quality of information desired by Portuguese cancer patients

    • Francisco Luis Pimentel
    • José Silva Ferreira
    • João Pedro Maia-Gonçalves

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 407 - 412

11. Antiemetic therapy for high-dose chemotherapy with transplantation: report of a retrospective analysis of a 5-HT₃ regimen and literature review

    • E. A. Perez
    • Terry Tiemeier
    • Lawrence A. Solberg

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 413 - 424

12. Serologic evidence of heparin sensitization in cancer patients receiving heparin flushes of venous access devices

    • Donna Jo Mayo
    • Ann M. Cullinane
    • McDonald K. Horne III

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 425 - 427

13. Nosocomial candidaemias due to species other than Candida albicans in cancer patients

    • V. Krcmery Jr.
    • M. Mrazova
    • F. Mateicka

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 428 - 431

14. Successful antidepressant treatment for five terminally ill cancer patients with major depression, suicidal ideation and a desire for death

    • Akira Kugaya
    • Tatsuo Akechi
    • Y. Uchitomi

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 432 - 436

15. General practitioners caring for terminally ill patients resident in a hospice

    • I. Hermann
    • J. Denekens
    • R. Maes

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 437 - 438

16. Forthcomming meetings

    Pages: 439 - 440