1. Complementary and alternative therapies in cancer?

   • W. Weber

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1 - 2

2. Board of MASCC 2000-2003

   SUPPORTIVE CARE NEWS Pages: 3 - 4

3. Palliative care in a small medical clinic in Zurich, Switzerland

   • G. Wirth
   • H. Gudat
   • H. Henke

   SUPPORTIVE CARE INTERNATIONAL Pages: 5 - 9

4. Unproven methods in cancer: a worldwide problem

   • S. Schraub

   SPECIAL ARTICLE Pages: 10 - 15

5. Complementary therapies: the American experience

   • B. R. Cassileth

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 16 - 23

6. Americans' view of cancer

   • J. Johnson
   • J. Blanchard
   • Catherine Harvey

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 24 - 27

7. Current status of cancer patients' perception of alternative medicine in Japan

   • K. Eguchi
   • Ichinosuke Hyodo
   • Hideyuki Saeki

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 28 - 32

8. Patient reports of complications of bone marrow transplantation

   • L. A. Bellm
   • J. B. Epstein
   • H. J Fuchs

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 33 - 39

9. Physicians' attitudes to and problems with truth-telling to cancer patients

   • L. Grassi
   • T. Giraldi
   • G. Cartei

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 40 - 45

10. Control of high-dose-cisplatin-induced emesis with an all-oral three-drug antiemetic regimen

    • Paul J. Hesketh
    • Angelie Roman
    • David R. Gandara

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 46 - 48

11. A double-blind, randomised, parallel study comparing intravenous dolasetron plus dexamethasone and intravenous dolasetron alone for the management of fractionated cisplatin-related nausea and vomiting

    • A. A. Fauser
    • G. Pizzocaro
    • P. Wilkinson

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 49 - 54

12. Efficacy of treatment to relieve mucositis-induced discomfort

    • N. S. Turhal
    • S. Erdal
    • S. Karacay

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 55 - 58

13. Factors determining the place of palliative care and death of cancer patients

    • B. Van den Eynden
    • I. Hermann
    • J. Denekens

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 59 - 64

14. High-dose loperamide in the treatment of 5-fluorouracil-induced diarrhea in colorectal cancer patients

    • S. Cascinu
    • E. Bichisao
    • G. Catalano

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 65 - 67

15. Research controversies in management of oral mucositis

    • P. Biron
    • C. Sebban
    • J. Y. Blay

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 68 - 71

16. Forthcoming meetings

    Pages: 72 - 73