IN THIS ISSUE 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Cancer Care in Pakistan 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Pakistan is a lesser-developed country in South-West Asia, with a large and young population. We review here the current burden of cancer in Pakistan, followed by an assessment of the current faciliti...

Association of Intensive Morphine Treatment and Increased Stroke Incidence in Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-based Nested Case-Control Study 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Objectives We address the potential problem of stroke induced by morphine exposure by comparing the incidence of stroke in cancer patients treated with and without morphine. Methods We performed a ...

A Clinical Study of Transoral Pharyngectomies to Treat Superficial Hypopharyngeal Cancers 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Background For years, it has been a major interest for surgeons and oncologists to develop a novel technique to detect hypopharyngeal cancers at an early stage and to treat the lesions in a less inva...

Early Palliative Intervention for Patients with Advanced Cancer 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Background Early palliative intervention in advanced cancer patients with metastatic non-small-cell-lung cancer has been shown to improve survival time. Possibly, palliative intervention at the time ...

Comparison of Proxy Ratings of Main Family Caregivers and Physicians on the Quality of Dying of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Objective Proxy data collection is a prevalent and important source of information in palliative medicine, and few studies have evaluated the level of agreement between different types of proxies. M...

Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in Three to Five Fractions for Vestibular Schwannoma 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Objective To retrospectively examine the outcomes of hypofractionated stereotactic radiation therapy in three to five fractions for vestibular schwannomas. Methods Twenty-five patients with 26 vest...

The Prognostic Value of miR-21 and miR-155 in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-analysis 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Objective miR-21 and miR-155 have been implicated in the prognosis of non-small-cell lung cancer, but the results are controversial. To resolve this issue, we performed a meta-analysis on miR-21 and ...

Changes in Indications and Oncological Outcomes of Radical Prostatectomy After 2000--Data From 1268 Japanese Patients Treated with Radical Prostatecto... 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Objective The aim of the study was to characterize trends in indications for and oncological outcomes of radical prostatectomy after 2000. Methods Data from 1268 patients undergoing radical prostat...

Adverse Reactions Related to Treatment Compliance During BCG Maintenance Therapy for Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer 26 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Objective The aim of the study was to investigate the factor of adverse reactions related to compliance with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette–Guérin maintenance therapy in patients with high-ris...