Vol 6, Supplement 1 (August 31, 2017): Annals of Palliative Medicine1

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Palliative radiotherapy, bone metastases, and global assessments in palliative care
Charles B. Simone II
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S1-S3
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Original Article

Relationship between patient-generated subjective global assessment and survival in patients in palliative care
Celina Soares Carvalho, Daiane Spitz Souza, Jessica Rodrigues Lopes, Ivany Alves Castanho, Agnaldo José Lopes
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S4-S12
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Managing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in head and neck cancer patients receiving cisplatin chemotherapy with concurrent radiation
Jordan Stinson, Kelvin Chan, Justin Lee, Ronald Chow, Paul Cheon, Angie Giotis, Mark Pasetka, Bo Angela Wan, Edward Chow, Carlo DeAngelis
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S13-S20
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Palliative efficacy and local control of conventional radiotherapy for lung metastases
Christopher Fleming, Andreas Rimner, Amanda Foster, Kaitlin M. Woo, Zhigang Zhang, Abraham J. Wu
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S21-S27
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Radiotherapy for brain metastases near the end of life in an integrated health care system
Joan J. Ryoo, Michael Batech, Chengyi Zheng, Raymond W. Kim, Michael K. Gould, A. Robert Kagan, Winston W. Lien
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S28-S38
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Perceptions and types of support coming from families caring for patients suffering from advanced illness in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Jacques Masumbuku Lofandjola, Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili, Philippe Mairiaux, Jean Petermans
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S39-S46
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Attendance of older patients with bone metastases at a multidisciplinary bone metastases clinic: an 8-year experience
Leah Drost, Vithusha Ganesh, Bo Angela Wan, Albert Yee, Michael Ford, Joel Finkelstein, Elizabeth David, Selina Chow, Edward Chow, Leigha Rowbottom
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S47-S51
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Plasma L-carnitine levels in terminally ill cancer patients receiving only palliative care
Akiyuki Sakamoto, Yoshiko Tsukahara, Daisuke Gomi, Toshirou Fukushima, Takashi Kobayashi, Hirohide Matsushita, Nodoka Sekiguchi, Keiko Mamiya, Tomonobu Koizumi
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S52-S57
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Covered biliary stents with proximal bare stent extension for the palliation of malignant biliary disease: can we reduce tumour overgrowth rate?
Miltiadis Krokidis, Adam Hatzidakis
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S58-S64
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Original Article on Palliative Radiotherapy2

Quality of life in responders after palliative radiation therapy for painful bone metastases using EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BM22: results of a Brazilian cohort
Lucas C. Mendez, Srinivas Raman, Bo Angela Wan, José Luiz Padilha da Silva, Fábio Y. Moraes, Kennya M. L. B. Lima, Maurício F. Silva, Maria Del Pilar Estevez Diz, Edward Chow, Gustavo Nader Marta
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S65-S70
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Do patients receiving pelvic radiation and anti-emetics experience diarrhea and/or constipation?
Leah Drost, Vithusha Ganesh, Bo Angela Wan, Carlo DeAngelis, Mark Pasetka, May Tsao, Elizabeth Barnes, Hans Chung, Edward Chow
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S71-S76
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Original Article on Surgical Palliative Care3

Patients’ perceptions of palliative surgical procedures: a qualitative analysis
Trevor D. Hamilton, Debbie Selby, Melanie E. Tsang, Audrey Kim, Frances C. Wright
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S77-S84
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Case Report

Clinical presentations of below knee bone metastases: a case series
Matthew Choi, Linda Probyn, Leigha Rowbottom, Rachel McDonald, Adam Bobrowski, Stephanie Chan, Pearl Zaki, Angela Turner, Edward Chow
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S85-S89
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Challenging equipotency calculation for hydromorphone after long-term intravenous application
Benjamin Luchting, Banafscheh Rachinger-Adam, Nikolai Hulde, Jens Heyn, Shahnaz Christina Azad
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S90-S94
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Challenges and successes in non-operative management of high-grade malignant bowel obstruction
Sandhya K. Mudumbi, Erica V. Leonard, Keith M. Swetz
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S95-S98
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Viewpoint

International access to palliative care: the need to improve
Chloe Hui-Ling Choy
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S99-S101
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Why it’s not OK for doctors to participate in executions
Robert F. Johnson
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S102-S103
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Perspective

Expanding palliative care’s reach in the community via the elder service agency network
M. Carrington Reid, Angela Ghesquiere, Cara Kenien, Elizabeth Capezuti, Daniel Gardner
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S104-S107
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More chemo or home hospice? Narrative results from an N-of-1 trial
Keith M. Swetz
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S108-S112
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Letter to the Editor

Sixty-day mortality after stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases—a forgotten palliative treatment outcome
Federico L. Ampil, Anil Nanda, Glenn Mills, Moiz Vora
Annals of Palliative Medicine  
2017;
6
(Suppl 1)
:S113-S115
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Disclosure:

1. The supplement was published 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.

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