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Issue 98
KLEIN, Section of Urologic Oncology, Urologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Desk A100, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH44195, USA, has reviewed (42 references) clinical models for testing chemoprevention in prostate cancer, with special reference to the sele1
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Issue 98
OLSON and colleagues, Faculty of Nursing and International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, report on a phase II trial of Reiki for the management of pain in advanced cancer.
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Issue 98
ZU and IP, Department of Cancer Chemoprevention, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA, have researched the synergistic effects of vitamin E and selenium in the prevention of prostate cancer.
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Issue 97
BOON and colleagues, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, have assessed the use of complementary and alternative medicine by men with prostate cancer.
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Issue 97
KWEKKEBOOM and co-workers, The University of Iowa College of Nursing, 314 Nursing Building, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA, kristine-kwekkeboom@uiowa.edu, report on a pilot study to predict success with guided imagery for ca1
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Issue 97
MIYOSHI and others, Laboratory of Food and Biodynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, have found that the ginger constituents, galanals A and B, are powerful cell death inducers in human T lymphoma cells.
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Issue 96
LI and colleagues, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China, zhli@njmu.edu.cn, have studied the effect of beta-carotene on gene expression in breast cancer ce1
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Issue 96
SHUKLA and colleagues, Department of Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, vshuklabhu@satyam.net.in, have studied micronutrients, antioxidants, and cancer of the1
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Issue 96
TAYLOR and others, Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-8314, USA, ptaylor@mail.nih.gov, have investigated the link between serum vitamin E1
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Issue 96
VON GRUENIGEN and co-workers, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUMMA Health System, 525 E. Market Street, Akron, OH 44309, USA, vivian.vongruenigen@uhhs.com, have tested the in vitro activity of1
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Issue 96
ROSCOE and co-workers, University of Rochester Cancer Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA, have carried out a trial on the efficacy of acupressure and acustimulation wrist bands for the relief of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
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Issue 96
WESTCOMBE and colleagues, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research and Development Unit, Department of Psychiatry Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free University College Medical School, Hampstead, London, UK, have learned the hard way how to set up a clinical 1
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Issue 95
CHEUNG and co-workers, Department of Surgery, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong, have studied the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on anxiety and quality of life in colorectal cancer patients after surgery.
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Issue 95
KRISHNAN and co-workers, James H. Quillen Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA, krishnak@etsu.edu, have reviewed (145 references) cancer chemoprevention drug targets. Abstract: Chemopreve1
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Issue 95
LIOSSI and HATIRA, Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea, UK, C.Liossi@swansea.ac.uk, have explored clinical hypnosis in the alleviation of pain from lumbar puncture in child1
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Issue 95
PAOLINI and colleagues, Department of Pharmacology, Biochemical Toxicology Unit, University of Bologna, Italy, ask the question whether beta-carotene prevents cancer or causes it. Abstract: There is considerable evidence that a diet high in fruit an1
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Issue 95
WEINZWEIG and others, Department of Plastic Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02905, USA, scalpels@aol.com, have investigated the role of vitamin A supplements in the g1
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Issue 94
LAST and co-workers, Cancer Research UK Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, St Bertholomew's Hospital, London EC1M 6BQ, UK, kim.last@cancer.org.uk, have found that serum selenium status on presentation pred1
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Issue 94
VIRTAMO and colleagues, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, have investigated the incidence of cancer after vitamin E and pro-vitamin A supplementation.
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Issue 94
GRAHAM et al., Cancer Care Centre, St George Hospital, Gray Stt, Kogarah, Australia, 2217, grahamp@nsw.gov.au, have conducted a trial of inhalation aromatherapy during radiotherapy.