Vol 4, No 4 (October 31, 2015): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Pain and quality of life in palliative care

Charles B. Simone II

PDF Pages: E1-E4 Full Text (4288) Open Access

Original Article

Assessment of voice related quality of life and its correlation with socioeconomic status after total laryngectomy

Sangeet Kumar Agarwal, Shweta Gogia, Alok Agarwal, Rajiv Agarwal, Ajay Swaroop Mathur

PDF Pages: 169-175 Full Text (12132) Open Access

Review Article

Cut points for mild, moderate, and severe pain among cancer and non-cancer patients: a literature review

Aaron Woo, Breanne Lechner, Terence Fu, C. Shun Wong, Nicholas Chiu, Henry Lam, Natalie Pulenzas, Hany Soliman, Carlo DeAngelis, Edward Chow

PDF Pages: 176-183 Full Text (18540) Open Access

Methods of reducing pain during bone marrow biopsy: a narrative review

Mohammad Faizan Zahid

PDF Pages: 184-193 Full Text (66760) Open Access

Surgical Palliative Care Column (Original Article)¹

Utilization of palliative care consultation service by surgical services

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Lisa Marr, Ashwani Rajput, Bridget N. Fahy

PDF Pages: 194-199 Full Text (7988) Open Access

American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program as a quality-measurement tool for advanced cancer patients

Roberto J. Vidri, Andrew M. Blakely, Shreyus S. Kulkarni, Raj G. Vaghjiani, Daithi S. Heffernan, David T. Harrington, William G. Cioffi, Thomas J. Miner

PDF Pages: 200-206 Full Text (8592) Open Access

Palliative Radiotherapy Column (Perspective)²

Debate: Single-fraction treatment should be standard in the retreatment of uncomplicated bone metastases

Derek S. Tsang, Vivian Yau, Hamid Raziee, Mark Niglas, Hany Soliman, Edward Chow, May Tsao

PDF Pages: 207-213 Full Text (6089) Open Access

Palliative Radiotherapy Column (Review Article)²

Re-irradiation for painful bone metastases: evidence-based approach

Nicholas Chiu, Leonard Chiu, Marko Popovic, Carlo DeAngelis, Stephen Lutz, Na Zhang, Gustavo Nader Marta, Lucas Castro Mendez, Breanne Lechner, Natalie Pulenzas, Milica Milakovic, Ronald Chow, Edward Chow

PDF Pages: 214-219 Full Text (10432) Open Access

Radiotherapy for neuropathic pain due to bone metastases

Daniel E. Roos

PDF Pages: 220-224 Full Text (5388) Open Access

Palliative Radiotherapy Column (Systematic Review)²

Brain metastases: advances over the decades

May N. Tsao

PDF Pages: 225-232 Full Text (19605) Open Access

Case Report

An unusual case of metastatic male breast cancer to the nasopharynx—review of literature

Swati Agrawal, Kumar Jayant, Rajendra Kumar Agarwal, Kalyan G. Dayama, Seema Arora

PDF Pages: 233-238 Full Text (5262) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Surgical Palliative Care” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.

2. The series “Palliative Radiotherapy” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.