Vol 5, No 2 (April 20, 2016): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

The impact of performance status, psychosocial interventions, and early palliative care on overall survival
Charles B. Simone II
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Original Article

Attributes and outcomes of end stage liver disease as compared with other noncancer patients admitted to a geriatric palliative care unit
Giulia-Anna Perri, Shannon Bunn, Yeon Ji Oh, Altaf Kassam, Anna Berall, Jurgis Karuza, Houman Khosravani
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Inter-rater reliability in performance status assessment among health care professionals: a systematic review
Ronald Chow, Nicholas Chiu, Eduardo Bruera, Monica Krishnan, Leonard Chiu, Henry Lam, Carlo DeAngelis, Natalie Pulenzas, Sherlyn Vuong, Edward Chow
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The impact of psychosocial intervention on survival in cancer: a meta-analysis
Wayne W. Fu, Marko Popovic, Arnav Agarwal, Milica Milakovic, Terence S. Fu, Rachel McDonald, Gordon Fu, Michael Lam, Ronald Chow, Stephanie Cheon, Natalie Pulenzas, Henry Lam, Carlo DeAngelis, Edward Chow
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Palliative Radiotherapy Column (Original Article)1

Urinary cytokines/chemokines pattern in patients with painful bone metastases undergoing external beam radiotherapy experiencing pain flare
Ahmad Bushehri, Edward Chow, Liying Zhang, Azar Azad, Sherlyn Vuong, Mark Pasetka, Michelle Zhou, Amanda Hird, Kristopher Dennis, Rachel McDonald, Carlo DeAngelis
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Radiological changes on CT after stereotactic body radiation therapy to non-spine bone metastases: a descriptive series
Nicholas Chiu, Linda Probyn, Srinivas Raman, Rachel McDonald, Ian Poon, Darby Erler, Drew Brotherston, Hany Soliman, Patrick Cheung, Hans Chung, William Chu, Andrew Loblaw, Nemica Thavarajah, Catherine Lang, Lee Chin, Edward Chow, Arjun Sahgal
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Review Article

Manipulating the Hippo-Yap signal cascade in stem cells for heart regeneration
Wen-Feng Cai, Lei Wang, Guan-Sheng Liu, Pin Zhu, Christian Paul, Yigang Wang
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Illness understanding in patients with advanced lung cancer: curse or blessing?
Annelies Janssens, Sisca Kohl, Toke Michielsen, Shana Van Langendonck, Birgitta I. Hiddinga, Jan P. van Meerbeeck
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Palliative Radiotherapy Column (Review Article)1

Stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic body radiation therapy—reflection on the last decade’s achievements and future directions
Jonathan Knisely, Arjun Sahgal, Simon Lo, Lijun Ma, Eric Chang
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Case Report

Extremely rare presentation of soft tissue metastasis from carcinoma breast as a massive swelling of upper extremity
Abhishek Purkayastha, Neelam Sharma
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A case report of bone metastases from appendiceal adenocarcinoma and a review of literature
Vithusha Ganesh, Linda Probyn, Sherlyn Vuong, Sydney Caskenette, Edward Chow
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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.