Vol 5, No 1 (January 31, 2016): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Quality of life, predictions of survival, feeding options, and symptom control for patients with advanced disease
Charles B. Simone II
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
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:E1-E3
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Palliative Radiotherapy Column (Original Article)1

Do patients with brain metastases selected for whole brain radiotherapy have worse baseline quality of life as compared to those for radiosurgery or neurosurgery (with or without whole brain radiotherapy)?
Ronald Chow, May Tsao, Natalie Pulenzas, Liying Zhang, Arjun Sahgal, David Cella, Hany Soliman, Cyril Danjoux, Carlo DeAngelis, Sherlyn Vuong, Edward Chow
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
5
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:1-12
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Review Article

Comparison of the EORTC STO-22 and the FACT-Ga quality of life questionnaires for patients with gastric cancer
Aaron Woo, Terence Fu, Marko Popovic, Edward Chow, David Cella, C. Shun Wong, Henry Lam, Natalie Pulenzas, Breanne Lechner, Sherlyn Vuong, Vithusha Ganesh, Andrew Bottomley
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
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:13-21
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The accuracy of clinicians’ predictions of survival in advanced cancer: a review
Stephanie Cheon, Arnav Agarwal, Marko Popovic, Milica Milakovic, Michael Lam, Wayne Fu, Julia DiGiovanni, Henry Lam, Breanne Lechner, Natalie Pulenzas, Ronald Chow, Edward Chow
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
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:22-29
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Original Article

Enteral and parenteral nutrition in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ronald Chow, Eduardo Bruera, Leonard Chiu, Selina Chow, Nicholas Chiu, Henry Lam, Rachel McDonald, Carlo DeAngelis, Sherlyn Vuong, Vithusha Ganesh, Edward Chow
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
5
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:30-41
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Mini-Review

Enteral versus parenteral nutrition in cancer patients: evidences and controversies
Paolo Cotogni
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
5
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:42-49
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Palliative Radiotherapy Column (Review Article)1

Latest advances in the management of radiation-induced pain flare, nausea and vomiting
Nicholas Chiu, Leonard Chiu, Marko Popovic, Carlo DeAngelis, Mark Pasetka, Stephen Lutz, Na Zhang, Gustavo Nader Marta, Lucas Castro Mendez, Breanne Lechner, Natalie Pulenzas, Milica Milakovic, Ronald Chow, Edward Chow
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
5
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:50-57
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Stereotactic body radiation therapy for non-spine bone metastases—a review of the literature
Gillian Bedard, Rachel McDonald, Ian Poon, Darby Erler, Hany Soliman, Patrick Cheung, Hans Chung, William Chu, Andrew Loblaw, Edward Chow, Arjun Sahgal
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
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:58-66
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Case Report

Opioid withdrawal presenting only nausea during tapering of oxycodone after celiac plexus block: a case report
Akiyuki Sakamoto, Hiroto Takayama, Keiko Mamiya, Tomonobu Koizumi
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
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:67-70
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Correspondence

Is it possible to teach pain therapy playing basketball?
Giampiero Porzio, Lucilla Verna, Raffaele Giusti, Paolo Marchetti, Paolo Morandi, Corrado Ficorella
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
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:71-73
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Meeting Report

Society for palliative radiation oncology: founding, vision, and report from the Second Annual Meeting
Randy Wei, Charles B. Simone II, Stephen Lutz
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2016;
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:74-75
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Disclosure:

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