Looking at laryngeal cancer
Looking at laryngeal cancer LINDA SCHIECH RN, AOCN, MSN Nursing2007 May 2007 Volume 37 Number 5 Pages 50 - 55

6th Global Conference
Monday 3rd November - Wednesday 5th November 2008 Salzburg, Austria

Medically assisted hydration for palliative care patients
P Good, J Cavenagh, M Mather, P Ravenscroft Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008 Issue 2 (Status: New)Copyright © 2008 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Vote for the "palliative care for all at the end of life" be included in the BMJ
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Stockholm declaration
Stockholm declaration to create world-class platform for cancer research

International Palliative Care Conference in Minsk
09-10 October 2008

Perioperative chemotherapy has a role to play in the management of patients with resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer
Chemotherapy given both before and after surgery to remove liver metastases (secondary cancers) improves progression free survival over surgery alone in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, concludes a study published recently in The Lancet. The phase III European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) study demonstrated that perioperative chemotherapy (i.e. that given before and after surgery) was compatible with major liver surgery.