*Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York; yDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, South Birmingham, Alabama; zDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; xDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; kDepartment of Radi...

1Division of Hematology/Oncology and 2Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 3Genentech, South San Francisco, CA; 4Medical Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 5Department of Neuro-oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA; 6Department of Neuro-oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 7Department of Neuro-...

June 2008 • Volume 12, Number 3 • Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Gail Wilkes, RN, MS, AOCN®, ANP, is an oncology nurse educator at Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts. Wilkes is on the speakers bureau for Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology. Mention of specific products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing or ...

1Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC–Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2AML-BFM Study Group, Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Medical High School, Hannover, Germany; 3Clincial Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 4Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany;...

Supply and Demand for Radiation Oncology in the United States: A Resident Perspective Lindsay M. Burt, MD,* Daniel M. Trifiletti, MD,y Nima Nabavizadeh, MD,z Leah M. Katz, MD, MPH,x Zachary S. Morris, MD, PhD,k and Trevor J. Royce, MD, MS{ *Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; yDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virg...

Palliative care is increasingly recognized as an essential component of quality oncology care. Despite growing evidence to support the role of palliative care in the oncology setting,[1] the integration of this complementary specialty into standard oncology practice has been slow to evolve. In their article, Drs. Ramchandran and Von Roenn describe palliative care and its role in oncology, as we...

Corresponding author: Magdalena Magnowska MD, PhD Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecologic Oncology Division of Gynecologic Oncology Poznan University of Medical Sciences 33 Polna St 60-535 Poznan, Poland Phone: +48 618 419 330 Fax: +48 616 599 645 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Poznan Universit...

Curative Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Brachytherapy Is NOT Optional Kari Tanderup, PhD,*,y Patricia J. Eifel, MD,z Catheryn M. Yashar, MD,x Richard Pötter, MD,k and Perry W. Grigsby, MD* *Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; yDepartment of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; zDepartment of ...

Background: Patients with prolonged neutropenia and/or severe underlying immunosuppression are at thegreatest risk for disseminated aspergillosis. This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of invasiveaspergillosis by Platelia Aspergillus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA kit in high risk children admitted tothe hematology ward of Dr. Faghihi hospital, Shiraz University of Medic...

Australia has a thriving Psycho-Oncology research and clinical community. In this article, the Australian health system in which Psycho-Oncology is embedded is described. Clinical Psycho-Oncology services are outlined, in terms of their composition, processes and reach. The development of the internationally ground-breaking Australian Psychosocial guidelines for the care of adults with cancer i...