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BACKGROUND
Chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting remain common, distressing side effects of chemotherapy. It has been reported that acupressure prevents chemotherapy‐induced nausea in adults, but it has not been well studied in children.
METHODS
In this multicenter, prospective, randomized, single‐blind, sham‐controlled trial, the authors compared acute‐phase nausea severity in patients ages...
BACKGROUND
Many patients with breast cancer work for pay at the time of their diagnosis, and the treatment plan may threaten their livelihood. Understanding work experiences in a contemporary population‐based sample is necessary to inform initiatives to reduce the burden of cancer care.
METHODS
Women who were 20 to 79 years old and had been diagnosed with stage 0 to II breast cancer, as reported...
BACKGROUNDThis prospective study describes the procedure‐related anxiety, treatment‐related anxiety, pain, and nausea experienced by children with standard‐risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) during the first year of treatment.
METHODSThis study was undertaken at 31 Children's Oncology Group (COG) sites. Eligible children who were 2 to 9.99 years old were enrolled in a COG trial for patients...
BACKGROUND:Mycosis fungoides (MF) and leukemic Sézary syndrome (SS) are the most common cutaneous T cell lymphomas (CTCL), but their etiology remains unknown. After patients were observed with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)‐associated CTCL, HCTZ was examined as a putative chronic antigen in a cohort of prospectively staged patients.
METHODS:Demographic and drug exposure data was examined from 1443 confirmed...
BACKGROUND:Disclosure of conflicts of interest in biomedical research is receiving increased attention. The authors sought to define current disclosure policies and how they relate to disclosure statements provided by authors in major oncology journals.
METHODS:The authors identified all oncology journals listed in the Thomson Institute for Scientific Information and sought their policies on conflict‐of‐interest...
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