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Reply to the Letter to the Editor “A simple way of doing the complex but utmost important things: cancer pain management” by S. Singhal, M. Verma and D. Kukreja by Fallon, M.T., Caraceni, A., Laird, B.J.A., Kaasa, S.

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An international, open-label, randomised trial comparing a two-step approach versus the standard three-step approach of the WHO analgesic ladder in patients with cancer by Fallon, M., Dierberger, K., Leng, M., Hall, P.S., Allende, S., Sabar, R., Verastegui, E., Gordon, D., Grant, L., Lee, R., McWillams, K., Murray, G.D., Norris, L., Reid, C., Sande, T.A., Caraceni, A., Kaasa, S., Laird, B.J.A.

“…Worldwide, cancer pain management follows the World Health Organization (WHO) three-step analgesic ladder. Using weak opioids (e.g. codeine) at step 2 is…”
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The Rise of Supportive Oncology: A Revolution in Cancer Care by Berman, R., Laird, B.J.A., Minton, O., Monnery, D., Ahamed, A., Boland, E., Droney, J., Vidrine, J., Leach, C., Scotté, F., Lustberg, M.B., Lacey, J., Chan, R., Duffy, T., Noble, S.

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Predicting Response to Radiotherapy in Cancer-Induced Bone Pain: Cytokines as a Potential Biomarker? by MacLeod, K., Laird, B.J.A., Carragher, N.O., Hoskin, P., Fallon, M.T., Sande, T.A.

“…Radiotherapy (XRT) for cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) has varying levels of efficacy. A biomarker that predicts likely efficacy could stratify XRT to those…”
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Prognostic evaluation in patients with advanced cancer in the last months of life: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline by Stone, P., Buckle, P., Dolan, R., Feliu, J., Hui, D., Laird, B.J.A., Maltoni, M., Moine, S., Morita, T., Nabal, M., Vickerstaff, V., White, N., Santini, D., Ripamonti, C.I.

“…•This ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline provides key recommendations for using prognostic estimates in advanced cancer.•The guideline covers recommendations for…”
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2M1938+4603: a rich, multimode pulsating sdB star with an eclipsing dM companion observed with Kepler by Østensen, R. H., Green, E. M., Bloemen, S., Marsh, T. R., Laird, J. B., Morris, M., Moriyama, E., Oreiro, R., Reed, M. D., Kawaler, S. D., Aerts, C., Vučković, M., Degroote, P., Telting, J. H., Kjeldsen, H., Gilliland, R. L., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Borucki, W. J., Koch, D.

“…2M1938+4603 (KIC 9472174) displays a spectacular light curve dominated by a strong reflection effect and rather shallow, grazing eclipses. The orbital period…”
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Mechanisms of Cancer-induced Bone Pain by Middlemiss, T, Laird, B.J.A, Fallon, M.T

“…Abstract Cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) is common and challenging to treat. Common therapies, such as opioids, radiotherapy and bisphosphonates, are often…”
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Hammers and nails: a report by Sugden, C J, Laird, B JA

“…A case report where parathyroid bone disease simulates bone metastases. Subsequent treatment of underlying hyperparathyroidism causes a marked improvement in…”
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Palliative Care in the Elderly Breast Cancer Patient by Laird, B.J.A, Fallon, M.T

“…Abstract Breast cancer is most common in the elderly and their needs are distinctly different from their younger counterparts. Although tumoricidal treatment…”
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Methadone titration: still no gauge on the tank by Laird, B J A, Sugden, C J

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Associations and effects of anthropometric and body composition parameters on cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors during adjuvant endocrine therapy by Santos, B.M.M.R., Custódio, I.D.D., Nunes, F.S.M., Lima, M.T.M., de Carvalho, K.P., Santana, D., Chiaretto, J.F., Canto, P.P.L., Laird, B.J., Paiva, C.E., Maia, Y.C. de P.

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Prevalence and natural history of pain in adults with multiple sclerosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Foley, Peter L., Vesterinen, Hanna M., Laird, Barry J., Sena, Emily S., Colvin, Lesley A., Chandran, Siddharthan, MacLeod, Malcolm R., Fallon, Marie T.

“…The prevalence, associations, and natural history of pain in multiple sclerosis (MS) are poorly understood. The objective of this work was to study the…”
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Use of thermal sensation as a biomarker of response to palliative radiotherapy for cancer-induced bone pain by Scott, A. C., Laird, B. J., Wan, H. I., Fleetwood-Walker, S. M., Mitchell, R., Murray, G. D., Colvin, L. A., Fallon, M. T.

“…Abstract only…”
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A Keck HIRES Doppler Search for Planets Orbiting Metal-Poor Dwarfs. II. On the Frequency of Giant Planets in the Metal-Poor Regime by Sozzetti, A, Torres, G, Latham, D. W, Stefanik, R. P, Korzennik, S. G, Boss, A. P, Carney, B. W, Laird, J. B

“…Astrophys.J.697:544-556,2009 We present an analysis of three years of precision radial velocity measurements of 160 metal-poor stars observed with HIRES on the…”
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2M1938+4603: A rich, multimode pulsating sdB star with an eclipsing dM companion observed with Kepler by Østensen, R. H, Green, E. M, Bloemen, S, Marsh, T. R, Laird, J. B, Morris, M, Moriyama, E, Oreiro, R, Reed, M. D, Kawaler, S. D, Aerts, C, Vuckovic, M, Degroote, P, Telting, J. H, Kjeldsen, H, Gilliland, R. L, Christensen-Dalsgaard, J, Borucki, W. J, Koch, D

“…2M1938+4603 (KIC 9472174) displays a spectacular light curve dominated by a strong reflection effect and rather shallow, grazing eclipses. The orbital period…”
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Improving Stellar and Planetary Parameters of Transiting Planet Systems: The Case of TrES-2 by Sozzetti, A, Torres, G, Charbonneau, D, Latham, D. W, Holman, M. J, Winn, J. N, Laird, J. B, O'Donovan, F. T

“…Astrophys.J.664:1190-1198,2007 We report on a spectroscopic determination of the atmospheric parameters and chemical abundance of the parent star of the…”
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A Keck HIRES Doppler Search for Planets Orbiting Metal-Poor Dwarfs. I. Testing Giant Planet Formation and Migration Scenarios by Sozzetti, Alessandro, Torres, Guillermo, Latham, David W, Carney, Bruce W, Stefanik, Robert P, Boss, Alan P, Laird, John B, Korzennik, Sylvain G

“…We describe a high-precision Doppler search for giant planets orbiting a well-defined sample of metal-poor dwarfs in the field. This experiment constitutes a…”
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Observational Tests of Planet Formation Models by Sozzetti, A, Torres, G, Latham, D. W, Carney, B. W, Laird, J. B, Stefanik, R. P, Boss, A. P, Charbonneau, D, O'Donovan, F. T, Holman, M. J, Winn, J. N

“…We summarize the results of two experiments to address important issues related to the correlation between planet frequencies and properties and the…”
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A New Spectroscopic and Photometric Analysis of the Transiting Planet Systems TrES-3 and TrES-4 by Sozzetti, A, Torres, G, Charbonneau, D, Winn, J. N, Korzennik, S. G, Holman, M. J, Latham, D. W, Laird, J. B, Fernandez, J, O'Donovan, F. T, Mandushev, G, Dunham, E, Everett, M. E, Esquerdo, G. A, Rabus, M, Belmonte, J. A, Deeg, H. J, Brown, T. N, Hidas, M. G, Baliber, N

“…Astrophys.J.691:1145-1158,2009 We report new spectroscopic and photometric observations of the parent stars of the recently discovered transiting planets…”
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Anti-Tcb, an antibody that defines a red cell antigen antithetical to Tca by Lacey, P A, Block, U T, Laird-Fryer, B J, Moulds, J J, Bryant, L R, Giandelone, J A, Linnemeyer, D R

“…A patient's serum, used as a source of anti-Goa typing serum, was found to contain a second antibody that detected a 'new' red cell antigen present in…”
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