Cancer Med. 2014 Aug 26. doi: 10.1002/cam4.316. [Epub ahead of print] Incidence and risk factors for suicide and attempted suicide following a diagnosis of hematological malignancy Hultcrantz M, Svensson T, Derolf AR, Kristinsson SY, Lindqvist EK, Ekbom A, Granath F, Björkholm M In this Swedish population-based study of nearly 50,000 patients with haematological malignancies and […]
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J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Aug 14. pii: S0885-3924(14)00404-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.07.007. [Epub ahead of print] Avoidable and Unavoidable Visits to the Emergency Department Among Patients With Advanced Cancer Receiving Outpatient Palliative Care Delgado-Guay MO, Kim YJ, Shin SH, Chisholm G, Williams J, Allo J, Bruera E Using information from 200 randomly selected advanced cancer patients […]
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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jul 24;7:CD010958. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010958.pub2. Topical lidocaine for neuropathic pain in adults Derry S, Wiffen PJ, Moore RA, Quinlan J. In a systematic review of randomised, double-blind studies of at least two weeks’ duration, the analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of topical lidocaine for chronic neuropathic pain was evaluated. 12 studies […]
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J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Jun 26. pii: S0885-3924(14)00342-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.003. [Epub ahead of print] Symptom Prevalence in Lung and Colorectal Cancer Patients Walling AM, Weeks JC, Kahn KL, Tisnado D, Keating NL, Dy SM, Arora NK, Mack JW, Pantoja PM, Malin JL. This United States based study looked at the incidence of symptoms from […]
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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jul 7;7:CD010943. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010943.pub2. Levetiracetam for neuropathic pain in adults Wiffen PJ, Derry S, Moore RA, Lunn MP. This Cochrane systematic review aimed to evaluate the analgesic efficacy and adverse events of levetiracetam in chronic neuropathic pain using randomised, double-blind studies of greater than two weeks duration. Six studies were […]
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Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2014 Jun 30. pii: S1462-3889(14)00071-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.05.002. [Epub ahead of print] Risk factors for loneliness in patients with cancer: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis Deckx L, van den Akker M, Buntinx F. In this systematic review quantitative studies which assessed severity and risk factors of loneliness using a validated loneliness […]
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September 2014 J Affect Disord. 2014 Sep;166:324-9. Thoughts of self-harm and depression as prognostic factors in palliative care patients Lloyd-Williams M, Payne S, Reeve J, Dona RK. This longitudinal study based in 20 palliative care day units in England, explored whether depression and patient reports of thoughts of self-harm were prognostic factors for survival […]
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September 2014 J Clin Oncol. 2014 Jul 7. pii: JCO.2013.54.3926. [Epub ahead of print] Efficacy of Methylprednisolone on Pain, Fatigue, and Appetite Loss in Patients With Advanced Cancer Using Opioids: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial Paulsen O, Klepstad P, Rosland JH, Aass N , Albert E, Fayers P, Kaasa S. In a randomized double-blind […]
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July 2014 Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2014 19(3):191-4. Radiation therapy in the last month of life Patel A, Dunmore-Griffith J, Lutz S, Johnstone PA. In this benchmarking analysis the use of radiation therapy (RT) at the end of life was assessed. Data were retrieved for all patients (n=852) receiving RT two-centres in the USA […]
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July 2014 J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 May [Epub ahead of print] Neurolytic Sympathectomy in the Management of Cancer Pain -Time Effect. A Prospective, Randomized Multicenter Study Amr YM, Makharita MY. This multicentre study assessed the effect of sympathectomy (celiac, splanchnic or superior hypogastric blocks) on cancer related visceral pain before or after opioid […]