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Management of gastrointestinal symptoms in advanced cancer patients: the rapid learning cancer clinic model.

Abernethy AP, Wheeler JL, Zafar SY.

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2009 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19952928 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Palliative care pharmacotherapy literature summaries and analyses.

Abernethy AP, Zhukovsky D.

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2009;23(4):426-32.PMID: 19947846 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

How Should We Conduct and Interpret Phase III Clinical Trials in Palliative Care?

Abernethy AP, Clark K, Currow DC.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19875269 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Do patient attributes predict oncologist empathic responses and patient perceptions of empathy?

Pollak KI, Arnold R, Alexander SC, Jeffreys AS, Olsen MK, Abernethy AP, Rodriguez KL, Tulsky JA.

Support Care Cancer. 2009 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19838742 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

A community population survey of prevalence and severity of dyspnea in adults.

Currow DC, Plummer JL, Crockett A, Abernethy AP.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Oct;38(4):533-45.PMID: 19822276 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Sexual concerns in cancer patients: a comparison of GI and breast cancer patients.

Reese JB, Shelby RA, Keefe FJ, Porter LS, Abernethy AP.

Support Care Cancer. 2009 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19777269 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Improving the methodologic and ethical validity of best supportive care studies in oncology: lessons from a systematic review.

Cherny NI, Abernethy AP, Strasser F, Sapir R, Currow D, Zafar SY.

J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 10;27(32):5476-86. Epub 2009 Jun 29.PMID: 19564538 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Use of tablet personal computers for sensitive patient-reported information.

Dupont A, Wheeler J, Herndon JE 2nd, Coan A, Zafar SY, Hood L, Patwardhan M, Shaw HS, Lyerly HK, Abernethy AP.

J Support Oncol. 2009 May-Jun;7(3):91-7.PMID: 19507456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Palliative care pharmacotherapy literature summaries and analyses.

Abernethy AP.

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2009;23(2):174-81. Review.PMID: 19492222 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ideas whose times have come.

Currow DC, Abernethy AP.

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2009 Jun;3(2):91-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19436209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Feasibility and acceptability to patients of a longitudinal system for evaluating cancer-related symptoms and quality of life: pilot study of an e/Tablet data-collection system in academic oncology.

Abernethy AP, Herndon JE 2nd, Wheeler JL, Day JM, Hood L, Patwardhan M, Shaw H, Lyerly HK.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Jun;37(6):1027-38. Epub 2009 Apr 25.PMID: 19394793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detailing of gastrointestinal symptoms in cancer patients with advanced disease: new methodologies, new insights, and a proposed approach.

Abernethy AP, Wheeler JL, Zafar SY.

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2009 Mar;3(1):41-9. Review.PMID: 19365160 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Advances in the pharmacological management of breathlessness.

Currow DC, Ward AM, Abernethy AP.

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2009 Jun;3(2):103-6. Review.PMID: 19333124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Indwelling catheters for the management of refractory malignant ascites: a systematic literature overview and retrospective chart review.

Fleming ND, Alvarez-Secord A, Von Gruenigen V, Miller MJ, Abernethy AP.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Sep;38(3):341-9. Epub 2009 Mar 28.PMID: 19328648 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Changes in anticholinergic load from regular prescribed medications in palliative care as death approaches.

Agar M, Currow D, Plummer J, Seidel R, Carnahan R, Abernethy AP.

Palliat Med. 2009 Apr;23(3):257-65.PMID: 19318461 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Does palliative home oxygen improve dyspnoea? A consecutive cohort study.

Currow DC, Agar M, Smith J, Abernethy AP.

Palliat Med. 2009 Jun;23(4):309-16. Epub 2009 Mar 20.PMID: 19304806 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pain and palliative care pharmacotherapy literature summaries and analyses.

Abernethy AP, Farrell TW.

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2009;23(1):62-8. Review.PMID: 19296357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic review: reliability of compendia methods for off-label oncology indications.

Abernethy AP, Raman G, Balk EM, Hammond JM, Orlando LA, Wheeler JL, Lau J, McCrory DC.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 3;150(5):336-43. Epub 2009 Feb 16. Review. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2009 Apr 21;150(8):571. PMID: 19221366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Financial burden of caring until the end of life.

Currow DC, Burns CM, Abernethy AP.

Intern Med J. 2008 Sep;38(9):745. No abstract available. PMID: 19143895 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quality management of potential chemotherapy-induced neutropenic complications: evaluation of practice in an academic medical center.

Abernethy AP, Barbour SY, Uronis H, Zafar SY, Coan A, Rowe K, Pupa MR, Wheeler JL, Herndon JE 2nd.

Support Care Cancer. 2009 Jun;17(6):735-44. Epub 2008 Dec 19.PMID: 19096882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bereavement help-seeking following an 'expected' death: a cross-sectional randomised face-to-face population survey.

Currow DC, Allen K, Plummer J, Aoun S, Hegarty M, Abernethy AP.

BMC Palliat Care. 2008 Dec 14;7:19.PMID: 19077297 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Pain and palliative care pharmacotherapy literature summaries and analyses.

Abernethy AP.

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2008;22(2):145-51.PMID: 19042839 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A pilot phase II randomized, cross-over, double-blinded, controlled efficacy study of octreotide versus hyoscine hydrobromide for control of noisy breathing at the end-of-life.

Clark K, Currow DC, Agar M, Fazekas BS, Abernethy AP.

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2008;22(2):131-8.PMID: 19042837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comorbidity, age, race and stage at diagnosis in colorectal cancer: a retrospective, parallel analysis of two health systems.

Zafar SY, Abernethy AP, Abbott DH, Grambow SC, Marcello JE, Herndon JE 2nd, Rowe KL, Kolimaga JT, Zullig LL, Patwardhan MB, Provenzale DT.

BMC Cancer. 2008 Nov 25;8:345.PMID: 19032772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Place of death for people with noncancer and cancer illness in South Australia: a population-based survey.

Currow DC, Burns CM, Abernethy AP.

J Palliat Care. 2008 Autumn;24(3):144-50.PMID: 18942564 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Defining best supportive care.

Zafar SY, Currow D, Abernethy AP.

J Clin Oncol. 2008 Nov 1;26(31):5139-40. Epub 2008 Oct 6. No abstract available. PMID: 18838696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A framework for generalizability in palliative care.

Currow DC, Wheeler JL, Glare PA, Kaasa S, Abernethy AP.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Mar;37(3):373-86. Epub 2008 Sep 21. Review.PMID: 18809276 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Decision making and quality of life in the treatment of cancer: a review.

Zafar SY, Alexander SC, Weinfurt KP, Schulman KA, Abernethy AP.

Support Care Cancer. 2009 Feb;17(2):117-27. Epub 2008 Sep 19. Review.PMID: 18802727 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do terminally ill people who live alone miss out on home oxygen treatment? An hypothesis generating study.

Currow DC, Christou T, Smith J, Carmody S, Lewin G, Aoun S, Abernethy AP.

J Palliat Med. 2008 Sep;11(7):1015-22.PMID: 18788964 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improving health care efficiency and quality using tablet personal computers to collect research-quality, patient-reported data.

Abernethy AP, Herndon JE 2nd, Wheeler JL, Patwardhan M, Shaw H, Lyerly HK, Weinfurt K.

Health Serv Res. 2008 Dec;43(6):1975-91. Epub 2008 Aug 28.PMID: 18761678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preference for place of care and place of death in palliative care: are these different questions?

Agar M, Currow DC, Shelby-James TM, Plummer J, Sanderson C, Abernethy AP.

Palliat Med. 2008 Oct;22(7):787-95. Epub 2008 Aug 28.PMID: 18755830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Total dyspnoea.

Abernethy AP, Wheeler JL.

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2008 Jun;2(2):110-3. Review.PMID: 18685406 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Oxygen for relief of dyspnea: what is the evidence?

Uronis HE, Abernethy AP.

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2008 Jun;2(2):89-94. Review.PMID: 18685402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pharmacological management of dyspnoea.

Currow DC, Abernethy AP.

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2007 Aug;1(2):96-101. Review.PMID: 18685349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Creating a research culture in a palliative care service environment: a qualitative study of the evolution of staff attitudes to research during a large longitudinal controlled trial (ISRCTN81117481).

Grbich C, Abernethy AP, Shelby-James T, Fazekas B, Currow DC.

J Palliat Care. 2008 Summer;24(2):100-9.PMID: 18681246 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A health economic model of breakthrough pain.

Abernethy AP, Wheeler JL, Fortner BV.

Am J Manag Care. 2008 May;14(5 Suppl 1):S129-40. Review.PMID: 18611101 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association between the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and patient wait times and travel distance for chemotherapy.

Shea AM, Curtis LH, Hammill BG, DiMartino LD, Abernethy AP, Schulman KA.

JAMA. 2008 Jul 9;300(2):189-96.PMID: 18612116 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fatigue is the most important symptom for advanced cancer patients who have had chemotherapy.

Butt Z, Rosenbloom SK, Abernethy AP, Beaumont JL, Paul D, Hampton D, Jacobsen PB, Syrjala KL, Von Roenn JH, Cella D.

J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2008 May;6(5):448-55.PMID: 18492460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pain and sleep: establishing bi-directional association in a population-based sample.

Abernethy AP.

Pain. 2008 Jul;137(1):1-2. Epub 2008 Apr 14. No abstract available. PMID: 18410992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comfort in the last 2 weeks of life: relationship to accessing palliative care services.

Currow DC, Ward AM, Plummer JL, Bruera E, Abernethy AP.

Support Care Cancer. 2008 Nov;16(11):1255-63. Epub 2008 Mar 12.PMID: 18335259 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Culture and financing influence palliative care services, study populations, and generalizability of research findings.

Abernethy AP, Currow DC.

J Palliat Med. 2008 Mar;11(2):146. No abstract available. PMID: 18333724 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Don't ask, don't tell? Revealing placebo responses to research participants and patients.

Keefe F, Abernethy AP, Wheeler J, Affleck G.

Pain. 2008 Apr;135(3):213-4. Epub 2008 Feb 20. No abstract available. PMID: 18282661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Multi-site research allows adequately powered palliative care trials; web-based data management makes it achievable today.

Currow DC, Agar M, Tieman J, Abernethy AP.

Palliat Med. 2008 Jan;22(1):91-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18216083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Populations who die without specialist palliative care: does lower uptake equate with unmet need?

Currow DC, Agar M, Sanderson C, Abernethy AP.

Palliat Med. 2008 Jan;22(1):43-50.PMID: 18216076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patient-oncologist communication in advanced cancer: predictors of patient perception of prognosis.

Robinson TM, Alexander SC, Hays M, Jeffreys AS, Olsen MK, Rodriguez KL, Pollak KI, Abernethy AP, Arnold R, Tulsky JA.

Support Care Cancer. 2008 Sep;16(9):1049-57. Epub 2008 Jan 15.PMID: 18196288 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Oxygen for relief of dyspnoea in mildly- or non-hypoxaemic patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Uronis HE, Currow DC, McCrory DC, Samsa GP, Abernethy AP.

Br J Cancer. 2008 Jan 29;98(2):294-9. Epub 2008 Jan 8. Review.PMID: 18182991 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Caregivers for people with end-stage lung disease: characteristics and unmet needs in the whole population.

Currow DC, Ward A, Clark K, Burns CM, Abernethy AP.

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2008;3(4):753-62.PMID: 19281090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Oncologist communication about emotion during visits with patients with advanced cancer.

Pollak KI, Arnold RM, Jeffreys AS, Alexander SC, Olsen MK, Abernethy AP, Sugg Skinner C, Rodriguez KL, Tulsky JA.

J Clin Oncol. 2007 Dec 20;25(36):5748-52.PMID: 18089870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The broader implications of managing statins at the end of life.

Stevenson JP, Currow DC, Abernethy AP.

J Palliat Care. 2007 Autumn;23(3):188-9; author reply 189. No abstract available. PMID: 18069441 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Palliative management of refractory dyspnea in COPD.

Uronis HE, Currow DC, Abernethy AP.

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2006;1(3):289-304. Review.PMID: 18046866 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article