Vol 6, No 1 (January 20, 2017): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Barriers to nausea management, end of life conversations, early palliative care interventions, and patient education
Charles B. Simone II
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:E1-E4
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Editorial

Anticipatory nausea: current landscape and future directions
Soha Ahrari, Ronald Chow, Shannon Goodall, Carlo DeAngelis
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2017;
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:1-2
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Quality of end-of-life care: how far have we come in addressing the needs of multicultural patients?
Karl A. Lorenz
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:3-5
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Original Article

Palliative care units in lung cancer in the real-world setting: a single institution’s experience and its implications
Eva Katharina Masel, Sophie Schur, Romina Nemecek, Michael Mayrhofer, Patrick Huber, Feroniki Adamidis, Bruno Maehr, Matthias Unseld, Herbert Hans Watzke, Robert Pirker
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2017;
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:6-13
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Effects of circadian rhythms and treatment times on the response of radiotherapy for painful bone metastases
Stephanie Chan, Liying Zhang, Leigha Rowbottom, Rachel McDonald, Georg A. Bjarnason, May Tsao, Elizabeth Barnes, Cyril Danjoux, Marko Popovic, Henry Lam, Carlo DeAngelis, Edward Chow
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:14-25
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Palliative interventions for hepatocellular carcinoma patients: analysis of the National Cancer Database
Abdulrahman Y. Hammad, Jared R. Robbins, Kiran K. Turaga, Kathleen K. Christians, T. Clark Gamblin, Fabian M. Johnston
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:26-35
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Urinary cytokines/chemokines after magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound for palliative treatment of painful bone metastases
Ahmad Bushehri, Gregory Czarnota, Liying Zhang, Kullervo Hynynen, Yuexi Huang, Michael Chan, William Chu, Kristopher Dennis, Charles Mougenot, Jennifer Coccagna, Arjun Sahgal, Edward Chow, Carlo DeAngelis
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:36-54
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Patterns of care and survival outcomes of palliative radiation for prostate cancer with bone metastases: comparison of ≤5 fractions to ≥10 fractions
David Schreiber, Joseph Safdieh, Daniel J. Becker, David Schwartz
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:55-65
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Review Article

Use of multimedia in patient and caregiver education for cancer pain management: a literature review
Michael Lam, Matthew Choi, Helen R. Lam, Arnav Agarwal, Ronald Chow, Selina Chow, Leigha Rowbottom, Rachel McDonald, Henry Lam, Stephanie Chan, Edward Chow, Blair Henry
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:66-72
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Original Article on Palliative Radiotherapy1

Assessment of quality of life in phase III trials of radiotherapy in localized or locally advanced head and neck cancer over the past 17 years
Gustavo Nader Marta, Everardo D. Saad
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:73-80
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Review Article on Palliative Radiotherapy1

Collaboration between primary care physicians and radiation oncologists
Elizabeth A. Barnes, Edward Chow, Cyril Danjoux, May Tsao
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:81-86
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Editorial on Ethics2

Evolving ethical and legal implications for feeding at the end of life
Blair Henry
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:87-90
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Case Report

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome: an unusual cause of intestinal obstruction in palliative care
Chun-Yan So, Kwok-Ying Chan, Ho-Yan Au, Man-Lui Chan, Theresa Lai
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:91-93
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News

Society for palliative radiation oncology: report from the Third Annual Meeting (2016)
Randy L. Wei, Charles B. Simone II, Stephen Lutz
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
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:94-95
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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.

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